Martial Arts Studies Reader

The Martial Arts Studies Reader provides authoritative and accessible insights into the field, covering a wide range of topics and approaches. It offers the first authoritative field-defining overview of the global and multidisciplinary phenomena of martial arts and martial arts studies, making it an essential resource for students and researchers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 244 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

A DECADE AGO, THE QUESTION WAS ‘COULD MARTIAL ARTS EVER BE STUDIED ACADEMICALLY? TODAY, WE ARE WITNESSING THE GLOBAL EMERGENCE AND RAPID PROLIFERATION OF MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES – AN EXCITING AND DYNAMIC NEW FIELD THAT STUDIES ALL ASPECTS OF MARTIAL ARTS IN CULTURE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY. IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A PROLIFERATION OF STUDIES OF MARTIAL ARTS AND RACE, GENDER, CLASS, NATION, ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, CULTURE, POLITICS, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, FILM, MEDIA, ART, PHILOSOPHY, GAMING, EDUCATION, EMBODIMENT, PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MANY OTHER MATTERS. GIVEN THE DIVERSITY OF TOPICS AND APPROACHES, THE QUESTION FOR NEW STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS IS ONE OF HOW TO ORIENTATE ONESELF AND GAIN AWARENESS OF THE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF THE FIELD, MAKE SENSE OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF ACADEMIC APPROACH, AND ORGANIZE ONE'S OWN STUDY, RESEARCH, AND WRITING. THE MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES READER ANSWERS THIS NEED, BY BRINGING TOGETHER PIONEERS OF THE FIELD AND SCHOLARS AT ITS CUTTING EDGES TO OFFER AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE INSIGHTS INTO ITS KEY CONCERNS AND AREAS. EACH CHAPTER INTRODUCES AND SETS OUT AN APPROACH TO AND A ROUTE THROUGH A KEY ISSUE IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES. TAKEN TOGETHER OR IN ISOLATION, THE CHAPTERS OFFER STIMULATING AND EXCITING INSIGHTS INTO THIS FASCINATING RESEARCH AREA. IN THIS WAY, THE MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES READER OFFERS THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE FIELD-DEFINING OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PHENOMENA OF MARTIAL ARTS AND MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES.

Weight: 524g
Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786605481