00000nam a2200000 n 4500 UP-1685523046124767841 Buklod 20231124101918.0 a r 001 0d ta 230418s2017 enk r b 001 0deng d 9781786601926 19216687 CHK-6187 DLC DCHK rda eng GV 1101 B69 2017 Bowman, Paul 1971- author Mythologies of martial arts Paul Bowman. London New York Rowman & Littlefield International [2017] xxiii, 186 pages 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Martial arts studies Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Wrestling myth -- 2. The status of martial arts in the west: from kung fu craze to master Ken -- 3. Cross-cultural desire in the western eastern martial arts -- 4. The circulation of Qi (in media and culture) -- 5. Myths of martial arts history, authority, and authenticity -- 6. On kicking, kung fu, and knowing your lineage -- 7. Enter the ethnicity -- 8. The gender of martial arts studies -- 9. Everybody was action film fighting -- 10. From weird to wonderful and back again -- 11. Martial arts myth today From kung fu to jujitsu and from Bruce Lee to the Karate Kid, Mythologies of Martial Arts explores key myths and ideologies of martial arts in contemporary popular culture. This book combines the author's practical, professional and academic experience in martial arts to offer new insights into this complex, often contradictory world. Inspired by the work of Roland Barthes in Mythologies, this book focuses on the signs, signifiers and practices of martial arts globally. Bringing together cultural, film, media and post colonial studies with the emerging field of martial arts studies, this book explores the broader significance of martial arts in global culture. Using an accessible yet theoretically sophisticated style, Mythologies of Martial Arts is ideal for students, scholars and anyone interested in any type of martial arts. Martial arts Mythology. Martial arts Philosophy. FO UPD DCHK GV 1101 B69 2017 Book