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Venezuelan Stick Fighting
The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts
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2016
Summary
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 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.
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Edition
1/2016
Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-3320-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-3321-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
163
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter One: This Is Garrote No access Pages 19 - 36
Chapter Two: The Civilizing of a Nation No access Pages 37 - 48
Chapter Three: Sites and Pedagogies of Garrote No access Pages 49 - 66
Chapter Four: Secrecy and Deception in Garrote No access Pages 67 - 78
Chapter Five: Belonging and the Role of Honor No access Pages 79 - 96
Chapter Six: Forging the Warrior’s Habitus No access Pages 97 - 116
Chapter Seven: The Creation of a National Patrimony No access Pages 117 - 128
Chapter Eight: Concluding Thoughts No access Pages 129 - 144
