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Deconstructing martial arts /

What is the essence of martial arts? What is their place in or relationship with culture and society? 'Deconstructing Martial Arts' analyses familiar issues and debates that arise in scholarly, practitioner and popular cultural discussions and treatments of martial arts and argues that mar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowman, Paul, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : Cardiff University Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : (De)constructing martial arts (studies)
  • The triviality of martial arts studies
  • Theory before definition in martial arts studies
  • Martial arts and media supplements
  • On embodiment
  • Taoism in bits
  • Mindfulness and madness in martial arts philosophy
  • Fighting talk : martial arts discourse in mainstream films
  • Drawing the line.