Taijiquan and the Search for the Little Old Chinese Man: Understanding Identity through Martial Arts Martial Arts Self Defense 1403968284, 9781403968289, 9780230601529
The first book-length ethnography of a Chinese martial arts association, the book tackles the general question of how hu
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English Pages 336 [337] Year 2006
Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Romanization and Pronunciation Guide......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities......Page 38
2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys......Page 76
3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces......Page 116
4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art......Page 148
5 "Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity......Page 172
6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities......Page 206
7 Global Chinatown......Page 222
8 Body Redux......Page 252
Notes......Page 260
Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names......Page 278
Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart......Page 282
Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race Theory......Page 284
D......Page 290
J......Page 291
M......Page 292
R......Page 293
T......Page 294
X......Page 295
Z......Page 296
Bibliography......Page 298
B......Page 320
C......Page 321
D......Page 323
G......Page 324
I......Page 325
K......Page 326
M......Page 327
P......Page 329
Q......Page 330
S......Page 331
T......Page 333
W......Page 335
Y......Page 336
Z......Page 337
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Romanization and Pronunciation Guide......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities......Page 38
2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys......Page 76
3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces......Page 116
4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art......Page 148
5 "Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity......Page 172
6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities......Page 206
7 Global Chinatown......Page 222
8 Body Redux......Page 252
Notes......Page 260
Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names......Page 278
Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart......Page 282
Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race Theory......Page 284
D......Page 290
J......Page 291
M......Page 292
R......Page 293
T......Page 294
X......Page 295
Z......Page 296
Bibliography......Page 298
B......Page 320
C......Page 321
D......Page 323
G......Page 324
I......Page 325
K......Page 326
M......Page 327
P......Page 329
Q......Page 330
S......Page 331
T......Page 333
W......Page 335
Y......Page 336
Z......Page 337
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