![]() ![]() ![]() I do not think that it would be too strong to call this essay an “opening shot.” Farrer and Whalen-Bridge seem to have fewer reservations about the creation and future success of an academic field devoted to the study of the martial arts than did Professor Kai Filipiak in his own discussion of these questions (““Academic Research into Chinese Martial Arts: Problems and Perspectives” in Michael A. Draeger, before moving on to the more contemporary literature outlined in their own volume. In it Farrer and Whalen-Bridge examine the current state of “martial studies” and provide a helpful historical overview of the growth and development of the post-WWII English language literature, starting with individuals such as R. However the introduction is also very interesting. All of the essays in this book ask how the martial arts affect or change identity and conceptions of self, either through their embodied expression (learning new ways to use your senses in Balinese combat) or via media representation and discussion (has Bruce Lee destroyed old stereotypes of what it means to be a Chinese male, or created a new set of representations that actually reinforce these sorts of troubling notions).Ī number of the essays included in this volume are very informative and I hope to get a chance to discuss them. Farrer and John Whalen-Bridge) titled Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World. In 2011 SUNY (State University of New York) Press released a collected volume (edited by D. Introduction: Chinese Martial Studies, Embodied Knowledge and Identity. An imposing view of the modern Singapore skyline. ![]()
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