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A wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the martial arts.

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Author:   D. S. Farrer ,  John Whalen-Bridge
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781438439662

ISBN 10:   1438439660
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   02 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Martial Arts, Transnationalism, and Embodied Knowledge D. S. Farrer and John Whalen-Bridge Part I: Embodied Fantasy 2. Some Versions of the Samurai: The Budo Core of DeLillo's Running Dog John Whalen-Bridge 3. The Fantasy Corpus of Martial Arts, or, The ""Communication"" of Bruce Lee Paul Bowman 4. Body, Masculinity, and Representation in Chinese Martial Arts Films Jie Lu Part II: How the Social Body Trains 5. The Training of Perception in Javanese Martial Arts Jean-Marc de Grave 6. Thai Boxing: Networking of a Polymorphous Clinch Stephane Rennesson Part III: Transnational Self-Construction 7. From Floor to Stage: Kalarippayattu Travels Martin Welton 8. The Oriental Martial Arts as Hybrid Totems, Together with Orientalized Avatars Stephen Chan 9. Coffee-Shop Gods: Chinese Martial Arts of the Singapore Diaspora D. S. Farrer Contributors Index"

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...a significant and very innovative piece of work that is a must read for everyone interested in martial arts studies. Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge shows that traditional martial arts cannot be studied as static entities; the social, cultural and historical context needs to be taken into consideration ... this book provides insights for further work in several directions ... offers food for deep thought and adds substantially to our understanding of traditional Asian martial arts. - idrottsforum.org The book successfully demonstrates that martial arts and other traditional art forms are not static entities. Instead they respond to changing environments by a process of constant reinvention. - Thomas A. Green, coeditor of Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation Taken together, these essays give a new picture of Asian martial arts as a transnational phenomenon, ranging from Singapore's preservation of Chinese traditions to British adaptation of Indian martial arts for the stage and African usage of Okinawan traditions. Since martial arts are one of the most famous traditions to have originated in Asia, it is useful to see exactly how they are viewed or practiced around the world, from a scholarly perspective. - Margaret B. Wan, author of Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts Novel

"""...a significant and very innovative piece of work that is a must read for everyone interested in martial arts studies. Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge shows that traditional martial arts cannot be studied as static entities; the social, cultural and historical context needs to be taken into consideration ... this book provides insights for further work in several directions ... offers food for deep thought and adds substantially to our understanding of traditional Asian martial arts."" - idrottsforum.org ""The book successfully demonstrates that martial arts and other traditional art forms are not static entities. Instead they respond to changing environments by a process of constant reinvention."" - Thomas A. Green, coeditor of Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation ""Taken together, these essays give a new picture of Asian martial arts as a transnational phenomenon, ranging from Singapore's preservation of Chinese traditions to British adaptation of Indian martial arts for the stage and African usage of Okinawan traditions. Since martial arts are one of the most famous traditions to have originated in Asia, it is useful to see exactly how they are viewed or practiced around the world, from a scholarly perspective."" - Margaret B. Wan, author of Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts Novel"

Author Information

D. S. Farrer is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Guam and the author of Shadows of the Prophet: Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism. John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor of English at the National University of Singapore and the editor of several books, including (with Gary Storhoff) American Buddhism as a Way of Life, also published by SUNY Press.

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