| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) |
| Contents |
The Body: Daoism, Qi, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities -- Bodies, Lineages, Alleys -- Park Lives and Secret Spaces -- Barbaric Glass and Indeipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art -- "Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends:" Taijiquan as Master Symbol -- Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities -- Global Chinatown -- Body Redux -- Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names -- Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart -- Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race Theory |
| Summary |
The first book-length ethnography of a Chinese martial arts association, the book tackles the general question of how human beings form viewpoints of themselves and others through the practice of an art--in this case, the art of taijiquan (a.k.a. tai chi). The first half of the book focuses on the author's own experience of studying taijiquan with teachers in the People's Republic of China and the United States, then expands the discussion to include taijiquan as national symbol, taijiquan in the context of urban China, and the globalization of Chineseness through taijiquan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tai chi.
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Martial arts.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Exercise.
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Martial arts
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Tai chi
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1403968284 |
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9781403968289 |
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9780230601529 |
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0230601529 |
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1281361089 |
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9781281361080 |
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9781349530526 |
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1349530522 |
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