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Combat, Ritual, And Performance: Anthropology of the Martial Arts / Jones, David E.
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Combat, Ritual, And Performance: Anthropology of the Martial Arts
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Combat, Ritual, And Performance : Anthropology of the Martial Arts
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Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2002
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0-89789-779-X
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Introduction: Toward a Definition of the Martial Arts xi
David E. Jones
1. Toward a Theory of Martial Arts as Performance Art 1 Deborah Klens-Bigman
2. The Ayyars: Warriors of Seistan (Afghanistan) 11 Homayun Sidky
3. Competitive Performance and Cultural Identity in
Southwest Tanzania 21
James G. Ellison
4. The Women's Army of the Dahomey 53 Catherine Hodge McCoid and Yvonne J. Johnson
5. Wave People: The Martial Arts and the American
Imagination 65
John J. Donohue
6. Pehlwani: Indian Wrestling and Somatic Nationalism 81 Joseph S. Alter
7. Ritual and the Ideal of Society in Karate 99 Michael Ashkenazi
8. Dangerous Encounters: Ritual Battles in Andean Bolivia 119 Elayne Zorn
x Contents
9. Theater of Combat: A Critical Look at the Chinese Martial
Arts 153
Charles Holcombe
10. Bwang: A Martial Art of the Caroline Islands 175 William A. Lessa and Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez
11. War Clubs and Falcon Warriors: War Club Use in Southeastern Native American Chiefdoms 209 Wayne Van Home
12. Herding the Ox, Wielding the Sword 223 John J. Donohue
Index 235
About the Contributors 239
David E. Jones
1. Toward a Theory of Martial Arts as Performance Art 1 Deborah Klens-Bigman
2. The Ayyars: Warriors of Seistan (Afghanistan) 11 Homayun Sidky
3. Competitive Performance and Cultural Identity in
Southwest Tanzania 21
James G. Ellison
4. The Women's Army of the Dahomey 53 Catherine Hodge McCoid and Yvonne J. Johnson
5. Wave People: The Martial Arts and the American
Imagination 65
John J. Donohue
6. Pehlwani: Indian Wrestling and Somatic Nationalism 81 Joseph S. Alter
7. Ritual and the Ideal of Society in Karate 99 Michael Ashkenazi
8. Dangerous Encounters: Ritual Battles in Andean Bolivia 119 Elayne Zorn
x Contents
9. Theater of Combat: A Critical Look at the Chinese Martial
Arts 153
Charles Holcombe
10. Bwang: A Martial Art of the Caroline Islands 175 William A. Lessa and Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez
11. War Clubs and Falcon Warriors: War Club Use in Southeastern Native American Chiefdoms 209 Wayne Van Home
12. Herding the Ox, Wielding the Sword 223 John J. Donohue
Index 235
About the Contributors 239