Venezuelan Stick Fighting

The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts

Michael J. Ryan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

186 Seiten

2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3320-1 (ISBN)

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In Venezuelan Stick Fighting: The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts, Michael J. Ryan examines the modern and historical role of the secretive tradition of stick fighting within rural Venezuela. Despite profound political and economic changes from the early twentieth century to the modern day, traditional values, practices, and social imaginaries associated with older forms of masculinity and sociality are still valued. Stick, knife, and machete fighting are understood as key means of instilling the values of fortitude and cunning in younger generations. Recommended for scholars of anthropology, social science, gender studies, and Latin American studies.

Michael J. Ryan is research associate at Binghamton University.

1. This is Garrote
2. The ‘Civilizing’ of a Nation
3. Sites and Pedagogies of Garrote
4. Secrecy and Deception
5. Belonging and the Role of Honor
6. Forging the Warriors Habitus
7. The Creation of a National Patrimony
8. Final Thoughts

Erscheinungsdatum	20.10.2016
Vorwort	Thomas A. Green
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 239 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-3320-5 / 1498533205
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-3320-1 / 9781498533201
Zustand	Neuware