Fighting As Real As It Gets - A Micro-Sociological Encounter (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

Michael Staack's multi-year ethnography is the first and only comprehensive social-scientific analysis of the combat sport 'Mixed Martial Arts'. Based on systematic training observations, the author meticulously analyses how Mixed Martial Arts practitioners conjointly create and immerse themselves into their own world of ultimate bodily combat. With his examination of concentrative technique demonstrations, cooperative technique train-ings, and chaotic sparring practices, Staack not only provides a sociological illumination of Mixed Martial Arts culture's defining theme - the quest of 'Fighting As Real As It Gets'. Rather further-more, he provides a compelling cultural-sociological case study on practical social constructions of 'authenticity'.

General

Imprint:	J.B. Metzler
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beitrage zur Praxeologie / Contributions to Praxeology
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Michael Staack
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-476-04990-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-476-04990-6
Barcode:	9783476049902

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