Fighting scholars : habitus and ethnographies of martial arts and combat sports /

'Fighting Scholars' presents insightful ethnographic research on a range of different martial arts and combat sports. Taking the habitus as a central theme of analysis, the different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sánchez García, Raúl (Editor ), Spencer, Dale C., 1979- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press, 2013.
Colección:Key issues in modern sociology.
Temas:
Martial arts > Anthropological aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Martial Arts & Self-Defense.
Martial arts > Anthropological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors
  • Glossary
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Carnal Ethnography as Path to Embodied Knowledge / Raúl Sáncliez García, Dale C. Spencer
  • Chapter 2. Habitus as Topic and Tool: Reflections on Becoming a Prizefighter / Loïc Wacquant
  • Chapter 3. In Search of a Martial Habitus: Identifying Core Dispositions in Wing Chun and Taijiquan / David Brown, George Jennings
  • Chapter 4. Each More Agile Than the Other: Mental and Physical Enculturation in Capoeira Regional / Sara Delamont, Neil Stephens
  • Chapter 5. 'There Is No Try in Tae Kwon Do': Reflexive Body Techniques in Action / Elizabeth Graham
  • Chapter 6. 'It Is About Your Body Recognizing the Move and Automatically Doing It': Merleau-Ponty, Habit and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Bryan Hogeveen
  • Chapter 7. 'Do You Hit Girls?': Some Striking Moments in the Career of a Male Martial Artist / Alex Channon
  • Chapter 8. The Teacher's Blessing and the Withheld Hand: Two Vignettes of Somatic Learning in South India's Indigenous Martial Art Kalarippayattu / Sara K. Schneider
  • Chapter 9. White Men Don't Flow: Embodied Aesthetics of the Fifty-Two Hand Blocks / Thomas Green
  • Chapter 10. Japanese Religions and Kyudo (Japanese Archery): An Anthropological Perspective / Einat Bar- On Cohen
  • Chapter 11. Taming the Habitus: The Gym and the Dojo as 'Civilizing Workshops' / Raúl Sánchez García
  • Chapter 12. 'Authenticity', Muay Thai and Habitus / Dak C. Spencer
  • Chapter 13. Conclusion: Present and Future Lines of Research / Raúl Sánchez García, Dale C. Spencer
  • Epilogue: Homines in Extremis: What Fighting Scholars Teach Us about Habitus / Loïc Wacquant
  • References.

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