Taijiquan and The Search for The Little Old Chinese Man - Understanding Identity through Martial Arts (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

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 or receipt of knowledge. The book concludes with a discussion of how processes of individual experience, urban life, nationalism, and globalization inhabit the body, contribute to the sensual experience of identify, and, ultimately, raise fundamental questions about the relationship between 'doing' and 'being' .

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	2006
Authors:	A. Frank
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6828-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Oriental martial arts > General
LSN:	1-4039-6828-4
Barcode:	9781403968289

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