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Combat, Ritual, and Performance: Anthropology of the Martial Arts

Autor David E. Jones
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2002 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This is the first book to describe martial arts and martial behaviors as serious topics deserving of serious study. Although there have been a number of readers dealing with warfare, this is the only one that, among other things, focuses on the warrior, both ancient and modern.Presents a collection of readings which introduce the study of martial behaviors in a cross-cultural context. The subject matter ranges from a consideration of the warclub as weapon and status symbol among the chiefdoms of the American Southwest at the time of European contact to contemporary ritual warfare in the highlands of Bolivia.All over the world, warriors have left their mark on culture. Their codes of behavior become the basis of diplomacy, models of service, and courage in the protection of social institutions. Chivalry in the West arose from the codes of the noble knights and ^IBushido^R, (The Way of the Warrior), the Bible of the Samurai, still serves as the basis of etiquette in modern Japan. In practically every society myths and tales of culture heroes who are warriors are important in the enculturation and socialization of children. Martial arts, which are stylized behaviors displaying techniques related to those practiced on the battlefield, are considered here to be more about culture, art, and history than about fighting.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780897897792
ISBN-10: 089789779X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

DAVID E. JONES is Professor of Anthropology, University of Central Florida.

Cuprins

Introduction: Combat, Ritual, and Performance by David JonesToward a Theory of Martial Arts as Performance Art by Deborah Klens-BigmanThe Ayyars: Warriors of Seistan (Afghanistan) by MohammedCompetitive Performance and Cultural Identity in Southwest Tanzania by James EllisonThe Women's Army of the Dahomey by Catherine Hodge McCoid and Yvonne J. JohnsonWave: People: Martial Arts and the American Imagination by John J. DonohuePehlwani: Indian Wrestling and Somatic Nationalism by Joseph S. AlterRitual and the Ideal of Society in Karate by Michael AshkenaziDangers Encounters: Ritual Battles in Andean Bolivia by Elayne ZornTheater of Combat: A Critical Look at the Chinese Martial Arts by Charles HolcombeBwang: A Martial Art of the Caroline Islands by William A. Lessa and Carlos G. Velez-IbabezWarclubs and Falcon Warriors: Warclub Use in Southeastern Native American Chiefdoms by Wayne Van HorneHerding the Ox, Wielding the Sword by John J. DonohueIndex