Joseph Svinth

Martial Arts in the Modern World

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Produktbeschreibung

Martial arts, once restricted to a few specific locations and practiced by small groups of devotees, have truly spread throughout the world. The plethora of tae kwando and karate dojos in U.S. shopping malls attests to the popularity of various kinds of martial arts in this country. Though generally perceived and advertised as means of self-defense, body sculpting, and self-discipline, martial arts are actually social tools that respond to altered physical, social, and psychological environments. This book examines how practitioners have responded to stimuli such as feminism, globalism, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, slavery, and the commercialization of sport. In a series of chapters devoted to Asian, African, and European systems of the late 19th to early 21st centuries, the authors examine the forces and philosophies that shaped fighting arts in diverse cultural settings. Because of political, social, and economic factors, this period witnessed the spread of martial arts to areas outside of their original contexts. Some of these arts flourished in their new environments, but others did not. The authors demonstrate that martial arts are not the conservative strongholds of tradition posited by conventional wisdom, but are instead responsive and mutable barometers of change. This book is essential for students of multicultural dialogues and devotees of martial arts performance and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780275981532
• ISBN-10: 0275981533
• Artikelnr.: 21151806

Autorenporträt

THOMAS A. GREEN Associate Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University. JOSEPH R. SVINTH is Editor of Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTSAcknowledgments ixMartial Arts in the Modern World:
Introduction Thomas A. Green xiA Note on Romanization xvSense in Nonsense:
The Role of Folk History in the Martial Arts Thomas A. Green 1The Martial
Arts in Chinese Physical Culture, 1865-1965 Stanley E. Henning 13The Spirit
of Manliness: Boxing in Imperial Japan, 1868-1945 Joseph R. Svinth
37Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington Joseph R. Svinth 47The Circle and
the Octagon: Maeda's Judo and Gracie's Jiu-Jitsu Thomas A. Green and
Joseph R. Svinth 61The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery Yamada Shoji
71"The Lion of the Punjab": Gama in England, 1910 Graham Noble 93The Little
Dragon: Bruce Lee (1940-1973) James Halpin 111Surviving the Middle Passage:
Traditional African Martial Arts in the Americas Thomas A. Green 129Kendo
in North America, 1885-1955 Joseph R. Svinth 149Olympic Games and Japan
Kano Jigoro 167Origins of the British Judo Association, the European Judo
Union, and the International Judo Federation Richard Bowen 173The Evolution
of Taekwondo from Japanese Karate Eric Madis 185Women's Boxing and Related
Activities: Introducing Images and Meanings Jennifer Hargreaves 209Freeing
the Afrikan Mind: The Role of Martial Arts in Contemporary African American
Cultural Nationalism Thomas A. Green 229Action Design: New Directions in
Fight Choreography Tony Wolf 249Martial Arts Meet the New Age: Combatives
in the Early Twenty-first-Century American Military Joseph R. Svinth
263Epilogue: Where We Go from Here Joseph R. Svinth 271Appendix:
Definitions of Terms 275Notes 279References 291Index 317About the Editors
and Contributors 321