| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 186 pages) |
| Series |
Martial arts studies |
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Martial arts studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Wrestling myth -- The status of martial arts in the West : from the Kung Fu craze to Master Ken -- Cross-cultural desire in Western Eastern martial arts -- The circulation of Qi (in media and culture) -- Myths of martial arts history, authority, and authenticity -- On kicking, Kung Fu, and knowing your lineage -- Enter the ethnicity -- The gender of martial arts studies -- Everybody was action film fighting -- From weird to wonderful and back again -- Martial arts myths today |
| Summary |
What do martial arts signify today? What do they mean for East-West cross cultural exchanges? How does the representation of martial arts in popular culture impact on the wide world? What is authentic practice? What does it all mean? From Kung Fu to Jiujitsu and from Bruce Lee to The Karate Kid, Mythologies of Martial Arts explores the key myths and ideologies in martial arts in contemporary popular culture. The book combines the author's practical, professional and academic experience of martial arts to offer new insights into this complex, contradictory world. Inspired by the work of Roland Barthes in Mythologies, the book focusses on the signs, signifiers, and practices of martial arts globally. Bringing together cultural studies, film studies, media studies, postcolonial studies with the emerging field of martial arts studies the book explores the broader significance of martial arts in global culture. Using an accessible yet theoretically sophisticated style the book is ideal for students, scholars and anyone interested in any type of martial art |
| Bibliography |
Includes footnotes with bibliographical references, bibliographical references (pages 171-179), and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Martial arts -- Mythology
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Martial arts -- Philosophy
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Martial arts -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016049938 |
| ISBN |
9781786601933 |
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1786601931 |
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