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Combat, ritual, and performance

anthropology of the martial arts

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David E. Jones
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Praeger
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects

Martial arts, Anthropological aspects, Cross-cultural studies

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Combat, Ritual, and Performance: Anthropology of the Martial Arts
November 30, 2002, Praeger Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction : Toward a definition of the martial arts / David E. Jones
Toward a theory of martial arts as performance art / Deborah Klens-Bigman
The Ayyars : warriors of Seistan (Afghanistan) / Homayun Sidky
Competitive performance and cultural identity in southwest Tanzania / James G. Ellison
The women's army of the Dahomey / Catherine Hodge McCoid and Yvonne J. Johnson
Wave people : the martial arts and the American imagination / John J. Donohue
Pehlwani : Indian wrestling and somatic nationalism / Joseph S. Alter
Ritual and the ideal of society in karate / Michael Ashkenazi
Dangerous encounters : ritual battles in Andean Bolivia / Elayne Zorn
Theater of combat : a critical look at the Chinese martial arts / Charles Holcombe
Bwang : a martial art of the Caroline Islands / William A. Lessa and Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez
War clubs and falcon warriors : war club use in southeastern native American chiefdoms / Wayne Van Horne
Herding the ox, wielding the sword / John J. Donohue

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Westport, Conn
Genre
Cross-cultural studies

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Library of Congress
GV1102.7.A56 C66 2002, GV1102

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xiv, 242 p. :
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242

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OL17071838M
ISBN 10
089789779X
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2002070862
OCLC/WorldCat
49760676
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4611713
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