Taijiquan and the Search for the Little Old Chinese Man: Understanding Identity through Martial Arts

[...] he tries to raise issues of race, ethnicity, globalisation, médiatisation, and the like, but he is unable to shed much light on the relevant debates. [...] this book will be of interest to martial arts enthusiasts and some China hands, but will be less useful to those who are engaged in more t...

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Published in:The Australian Journal of Anthropology 2009, Vol.20 (3), p.390-391
Main Author: Lowell Lewis, J.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
China
Cultural identity
Ethnicity
Group identity
Identity formation
Lao-tzu
Martial arts
National identity
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Summary:[...] he tries to raise issues of race, ethnicity, globalisation, médiatisation, and the like, but he is unable to shed much light on the relevant debates. [...] this book will be of interest to martial arts enthusiasts and some China hands, but will be less useful to those who are engaged in more theoretical pursuits relative to the practice of movement forms as they relate to cultural patterns and/or general problems of embodiment.
ISSN:1035-8811
1757-6547
DOI:10.1111/j.1757-6547.2009.00050.x