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Risk, failure, play : what dance reveals about martial arts training / Janet O'Shea.
LIBRA GV1102.7.P75 O74 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Shea, Janet, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martial arts--Psychological aspects.
- Martial arts.
- Martial arts--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- No hard feelings : why martial arts doesn't mean what violence means
- The magic ring : how combat sport transforms meaning through space and movement
- Chess with cardio : finding the meeting point in sport fighting
- What's there to lose? : vulnerability in combat sport
- On the line : the pleasure of risk versus the culture of fear
- Fail better : the paradox of defeat in martial arts training
- Making play work : competition, spectacle, and perfection in sport
- Making work play : rethinking competitive pleasure through self-defense training.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: O'Shea, Janet, 1968- Risk, failure, play.
- ISBN:
- 9780190871543
- 0190871547
- 9780190871536
- 0190871539
- OCLC:
- 1035243510
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