Taijiquan and The Search for The Little Old Chinese Man : Understanding Identity through Martial Arts / by A. Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Adam D. (Adam Dean)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Anthropology.

Ethnology.

Race.

Sociology.

Sociology of Culture.

Ethnography.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Culture.

Anthropology.

Ethnography.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Sociology.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an ethnographic study of the martial art of taijiquan (or 'tai chi') as it is practiced in China and the United States. Drawing on recent literature on ethnicity, critical race theory, the phenomenology of race, and globalization, the author discusses identity in terms of sensual experience and the transmission/receipt of knowledge.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Romanization and Pronunciation Guide; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities; 2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys; 3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces; 4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art; 5 ""Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends"": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity; 6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities; 7 Global Chinatown; 8 Body Redux; Notes; Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names; Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart

Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611361082

9781281361080

1281361089

9780230601529

0230601529

OCLC:

191662024