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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frank, Adam D. (Adam Dean)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.