Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts
Creating the Dragon- Autor:innen:
- Verlag:
- 2025
Zusammenfassung
Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon is a study of the role of myth and ideology in the formation of social identity, focusing on a variety of communities of practice involving the martial arts in East Asian and Western history. Alexus McLeod argues that myths of the martial arts should not be understood as “falsehoods” created as means of legitimizing modern practices, but should instead be understood as narratives that enable individuals and communities to formulate social identities and to accord meaning to their practices. This book covers six influential sources of myth and identity formation in the history of martial arts: early Chinese and Indian philosophy, the formation bushido thought in the Edo period of Japan, Republican-era Chinese conceptions of nationhood and physical culture, Western contributions and the innovations of Bruce Lee, African American conceptions of martial arts as a response to oppression in the twentieth century, and the contemporary ideologies of mixed martial arts.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Copyrightjahr
- 2025
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-6669-4460-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-6669-4461-7
- Verlag
- Lexington, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 332
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Dedication Kein Zugriff
- Contents Kein Zugriff
- Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
- A Guiding Theory of Myth as Narrative Kein Zugriff
- The Role of Narrative in Human Life and the Martial Arts Kein Zugriff
- Outline and Overview Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Early Chinese and Indian Developments Kein Zugriff
- Japanese Developments Kein Zugriff
- Modern Martial Arts Kein Zugriff
- Martial Arts and Identity Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Warrior Rituals Kein Zugriff
- The Dance of War Kein Zugriff
- Fighting Forms—“Kata” as Ritual Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Bushido and the Martial Arts Ethos in Edo Period Japan Kein Zugriff
- The Influence of Buddhism Kein Zugriff
- Takuan Sōhō and the Mind of No-Mind Kein Zugriff
- Suzuki Shōsan—Kill Your Mind! Kein Zugriff
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Jōchō)’s “Hidden Leaves” and the Way of the Samurai Kein Zugriff
- Bushido and the Modern Martial Arts Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Martial Arts Manuals Kein Zugriff
- Revival of Correlative Cosmology Kein Zugriff
- The Individual and the Nation Kein Zugriff
- Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Physical Culture-Contrasts Kein Zugriff
- The Boxer Rebellion Kein Zugriff
- The Case of Taekwondo and International Sport Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Lee’s Conception of the “True Self” Kein Zugriff
- On Styles and the Self Kein Zugriff
- The True Self, the Aspirational Self, and Human Limitation Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- The Idea of Masculine Potency in the Contemporary Martial Arts Kein Zugriff
- Martial Arts as a Tool of Empowerment Among Black Practitioners in Twentieth-Century USA Kein Zugriff
- The Role of Film in Black Martial Arts Empowerment Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Modern Consumer Culture and Combat Sport Kein Zugriff
- Bloodsport—“Kumite” and the Early Myth of MMA Kein Zugriff
- “Too Hot for TV”: Consumer Culture of the Transgressive 1990s Kein Zugriff
- Kayfabe and Fighting Entertainment Kein Zugriff
- “Reality” Martial Arts and the Creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Kein Zugriff
- Ideologies of MMA: Racial Aggression and Right-Wing Politics Kein Zugriff
- Ideologies of MMA: Real Fighting Kein Zugriff
- Ideologies of MMA: Transgressiveness Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Conclusion Kein Zugriff Seiten 309 - 312
- Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 313 - 324
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 325 - 330
- About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 331 - 332





