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Author |
: Paul Bowman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 2015-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783481293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783481293 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Martial Arts Studies by : Paul Bowman
The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.
Author |
: Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2016-12-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786601933 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786601931 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mythologies of Martial Arts by : Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK
Mythologies of Martial Arts is an introduction to the key myths and ideologies around martial arts in contemporary popular culture internationally. It is the first book to draw together practical experience and seminal texts across a multitude of disciplines to offer original insights into the complex, contradictory world of martial arts. It is an accessible but theoretically sophisticated book aimed at student, scholars and anyone interested in martial arts practice.
Author |
: Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2018-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786605504 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786605503 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Martial Arts Studies Reader by : Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK
The first authoritative overview of martial arts studies, written by pioneers of this dynamic and rapidly expanding new field
Author |
: Daniel Miles Amos |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2021-03-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786615442 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786615444 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hong Kong Martial Artists by : Daniel Miles Amos
This imaginative and innovative study by Daniel Miles Amos, begun in 1976 and completed in 2020, examines sociocultural changes in the practices of Chinese martial artists in two closely related and interconnected southern Chinese cities, Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The initial chapters of the book compare how sociocultural changes from World War II to the mid-1980s affected the practices of Chinese martial artists in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong and neighboring Guangzhou in mainland China. An analysis is made of how the practices of Chinese martial artists have been influenced by revolutionary sociocultural changes in both cities. In Guangzhou, the victory of the Chinese Communist Party lead to the disappearance in the early 1950s of secret societies and kungfu brotherhoods. Kungfu brotherhoods reappeared during the Cultural Revolution, and subsequently were transformed again after the death of Mao Zedong, and China’s opening to capitalism. In Hong Kong, dramatic sociocultural changes were set off by the introduction of manufacturing production lines by international corporations in the mid-1950s, and the proliferation of foreign franchises and products. Economic globalization in Hong Kong has led to dramatic increases both in the territory’s Gross Domestic Product and in cultural homogenization, with corresponding declines in many local traditions and folk cultures, including Chinese martial arts. The final chapters of the book focus on changes in the practices of Chinese martial arts in Hong Kong from the years 1987 to 2020, a period which includes the last decade of British colonial administration, as well as the first quarter of a century of rule by the Chinese government.
Author |
: Raul Sanchez Garcia |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2018-10-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351333795 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351333798 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts by : Raul Sanchez Garcia
Winner of the Norbert Elias Book Prize 2020 This is the first long-term analysis of the development of Japanese martial arts, connecting ancient martial traditions with the martial arts practised today. The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts captures the complexity of the emergence and development of martial traditions within the broader Japanese Civilising Process. The book traces the structured process in which warriors’ practices became systematised and expanded to the Japanese population and the world. Using the theoretical framework of Norbert Elias’s process-sociology and drawing on rich empirical data, the book also compares the development of combat practices in Japan, England, France and Germany, making a new contribution to our understanding of the socio-cultural dynamics of state formation. Throughout this analysis light is shed onto a gender blind spot, taking into account the neglected role of women in martial arts. The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts is important reading for students of Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Sport, Sociology of Physical Activity, Historical Development of Sport in Society, Asian Studies, Sociology and Philosophy of Sport, and Sports History and Culture. It is also a fascinating resource for scholars, researchers and practitioners interested in the historical and socio-cultural aspects of combat sport and martial arts.
Author |
: Carol Fuller |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2019-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315448060 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315448068 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Martial Arts and Well-being by : Carol Fuller
Martial Arts and Well-Being explores how martial arts as a source of learning can contribute in important ways to health and well-being, as well as provide other broader social benefits. Using psychological and sociological theory related to behaviour, ritual, perception and reality construction, the book seeks to illustrate, with empirical data, how individuals make sense of and perceive the value of martial arts in their lives. This book draws on data from over 500 people, across all age ranges, and powerfully demonstrates that participating in martial arts can have a profound influence on the construction of behaviour patterns that are directly linked to lifestyle and health. Making individual connections regarding the benefits of practice, improvements to health and well-being – regardless of whether these improvements are ‘true’ in a medical sense – this book offers an important and original window into the importance of beliefs to health and well-being as well as the value of thinking about education as a process of life-long learning. This book will be of great interest to a range of audiences, including researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in sports and exercise psychology, martial art studies and health and well-being. It should also be of interest to sociologists, social workers and martial arts practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315448084, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author |
: G Hurst I |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 1998-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300116748 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300116748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Armed Martial Arts of Japan by : G Hurst I
This unique history of Japanese armed martial arts--the only comprehensive treatment of the subject in English--focuses on traditions of swordsmanship and archery from ancient times to the present. G. Cameron Hurst III provides an overview of martial arts in Japanese history and culture, then closely examines the transformation of these fighting skills into sports. He discusses the influence of the Western athletic tradition on the armed martial arts as well as the ways the martial arts have remained distinctly Japanese. During the Tokugawa era (1600-1867), swordsmanship and archery developed from fighting systems into martial arts, transformed by the powerful social forces of peace, urbanization, literacy, and professionalized instruction in art forms. Hurst investigates the changes that occurred as military skills that were no longer necessary took on new purposes: physical fitness, spiritual composure, character development, and sport. He also considers Western misperceptions of Japanese traditional martial arts and argues that, contrary to common views in the West, Zen Buddhism is associated with the martial arts in only a limited way. The author concludes by exploring the modern organization, teaching, ritual, and philosophy of archery and swordsmanship; relating these martial arts to other art forms and placing them in the broader context of Japanese culture.
Author |
: Paul Bowman |
Publisher |
: Cardiff University Press |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2019-06-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781911653035 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1911653032 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Deconstructing Martial Arts by : Paul Bowman
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 martial arts are dynamic and variable constructs whose meanings and values regularly shift, mutate and transform, depending on the context. It argues that deconstructing martial arts is an invaluable approach to both the scholarly study of martial arts in culture and society and also to wider understandings of what and why martial arts are. Placing martial arts in relation to core questions and concerns of media and cultural studies around identity, value, orientalism, and embodiment, Deconstructing Martial Arts introduces and elaborates deconstruction as a rewarding method of cultural studies.
Author |
: D. S. Farrer |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2011-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438439686 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438439687 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge by : D. S. Farrer
This landmark work provides a wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the traditional Asian martial arts. Most of the contributors to the volume are practitioners of the martial arts, and all are keenly aware that these traditions now exist in a transnational context. The book's cutting-edge research includes ethnography and approaches from film, literature, performance, and theater studies. Three central aspects emerge from this book: martial arts as embodied fantasy, as a culturally embedded form of self-cultivation, and as a continuous process of identity formation. Contributors explore several popular and highbrow cultural considerations, including the career of Bruce Lee, Chinese wuxia films, and Don DeLillo's novel Running Dog. Ethnographies explored describe how the social body trains in martial arts and how martial arts are constructed in transnational training. Ultimately, this academic study of martial arts offers a focal point for new understandings of cultural and social beliefs and of practice and agency.
Author |
: Michael L. Raposa |
Publisher |
: University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2003-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813924596 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813924595 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Meditation and the Martial Arts by : Michael L. Raposa
The relationship between meditation and the martial arts is a multifaceted one: meditation is one of the practices in which martial artists engage in order to prepare for combat, while the physical exercises constituting much of the discipline of the martial arts might well be considered meditative practices. Michael Raposa, himself a martial arts practitioner, suggests there is a sense in which meditation may in turn be considered a form of combat, citing a variety of spiritual disciplines that are not strictly classified as "martial arts" yet that employ the heavy use of martial images and categories as part of their self-description. Raposa, in this extraordinary alloy of meditation manual, historical synthesis, and spiritual guide, provides a fascinating approach to understanding the connection between martial arts and spirituality in such diverse disciplines as Japanese aikido, Chinese tai chi chuan, Hindu yoga, Christian asceticism, Zen Buddhism, and Islamic jihad. What happens when spiritual discipline is appropriated for exercises meant for health or recreation? How might prayer, meditation, and ritual be understood as martial activities? What is the nature of conflict, and who is the enemy? These are some of the questions Raposa raises and responds to in Meditation and the Martial Arts, his rumination on the martial arts as meditative practice and meditation as a martial discipline.