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Combat, Ritual, and Performance : Anthropology of the Martial Arts by David E. Jones (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10089789779X
ISBN-139780897897792
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309790378
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameCombat, Ritual, and Performance : Anthropology of the Martial Arts
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
SubjectHuman Geography, Martial Arts & Self-Defense, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid E. Jones
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-070862
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal796.8
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Combat, Ritual, and Performance by David Jones Toward a Theory of Martial Arts as Performance Art by Deborah Klens-Bigman The Ayyars: Warriors of Seistan (Afghanistan) by Mohammed Competitive Performance and Cultural Identity in Southwest Tanzania by James Ellison The Women's Army of the Dahomey by Catherine Hodge McCoid and Yvonne J. Johnson Wave: People: Martial Arts and the American Imagination by John J. Donohue Pehlwani: Indian Wrestling and Somatic Nationalism by Joseph S. Alter Ritual and the Ideal of Society in Karate by Michael Ashkenazi Dangers Encounters: Ritual Battles in Andean Bolivia by Elayne Zorn Theater of Combat: A Critical Look at the Chinese Martial Arts by Charles Holcombe Bwang: A Martial Art of the Caroline Islands by William A. Lessa and Carlos G. Velez-Ibabez Warclubs and Falcon Warriors: Warclub Use in Southeastern Native American Chiefdoms by Wayne Van Horne Herding the Ox, Wielding the Sword by John J. Donohue Index
SynopsisThis 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., 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., All cultures possess some forms of martial arts, although these have not been commonly studied by anthropologists, which is an oversight that the present collection of papers seeks to remedy.
LC Classification NumberGV1102
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