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OverviewLooks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin N. Judkins , Jon NielsonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438456935ISBN 10: 143845693 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 01 August 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Maps and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Hand Combat, Identity, and Civil Society in Guangdong, 1800-1949 1. Growth and Disorder: Paradoxes of the Qing Dynasty 2. Setting the Stage: The Evolution of Guangdong's Martial Arts, 1800-1911 3. Northern Tigers versus Southern Heroes: Local Identity, National Reform, and the Golden Age of Guangdong's Martial Arts, 1911-1949 Part II: Conflict, Imperialism, and Modernization: The Evolution of Wing Chun Kung Fu, 1900-1972 4. The Public Emergence of Wing Chun, 1900-1949 5. Ip Man and the Making of a Modern Kung Fu Master Epilogue: Wing Chun as a Global Art Notes Glossary Works Cited IndexReviewsMartial arts was scorned by traditional Chinese literati, ignored by Western historians, and predicted to go extinct by Western and Chinese modernizers. However, as this book brilliantly demonstrates, late imperial and twentieth century Chinese history cannot be properly understood without it ... Wing Chun students will see the most definitive exposition of the roots of their art, historians will see twentieth-century China through a new lens, and martial arts studies scholars will see a high water mark and model in their field. - Martial Arts Studies The Creation of Wing Chun is a fascinating read and a book that I highly recommend to all Wing Chun students. - Tony Massengill, Wing Chun Illustrated Author InformationBenjamin N. Judkins holds a doctoral degree in political science from Columbia University. Jon Nielson is chief instructor at Wing Chun Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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