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Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man : understanding identity through martial arts /
The first book-length ethnography of a Chinese martial arts association, the book tackles the general question of how human beings form viewpoints of themselves and others through the practice of an art--in this case, the art of taijiquan (a.k.a. tai chi). The first half of the book focuses on the a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Body: Daoism, Qi, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities
- Bodies, Lineages, Alleys
- Park Lives and Secret Spaces
- Barbaric Glass and Indeipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art
- "Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends:" Taijiquan as Master Symbol
- Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities
- Global Chinatown
- Body Redux
- Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names
- Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart
- Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race Theory.