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Warrior guards the mountain : the internal martial traditions of China, Japan and South East Asia.
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ISBN: 9781848191242 Year: 2013 Publisher: London Singing Dragon

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Fighting scholars : habitus and ethnographies of martial arts and combat sports
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ISBN: 9780857283429 9780857283320 0857283421 0857283324 Year: 2013 Publisher: London : Anthem Press,

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'Fighting Scholars' offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial arts and combat sports. The book's main claim is that such activities represent privileged grounds to access different social dimensions, such as emotion, violence, pain, gender, ethnicity and religion. In order to explore these dimensions, the concept of 'habitus' is presented prominently as an epistemic remedy for the academic distant gaze of the effaced academic body. [NP] The book's most innovative features are its empirical focus and theoretical orientation. While ethnographic research is a widespread and popular approach within the social sciences, combat sports and martial arts have yet to be sufficiently interrogated from an ethnographic standpoint. The different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant's 'Body and Soul': the construction of a 'carnal sociology' that constitutes an exploration of the social world 'from' the body.


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Beyond Bruce Lee : chasing the Dragon through film, philosophy and popular culture
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ISBN: 0231850360 Year: 2013 Publisher: London ; New York : Wallflower Press,

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In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s and 1970s, and it addresses the resurgence of his popularity in Hong Kong and China in the twenty-first century. The study also explores Lee's ongoing legacy and influence in the West, considering his function as a shifting symbol of ethnic politics and the ways in which he continues to inform Hollywood film-fight choreography. Beyond Bruce Lee ultimately argues Lee is best understood in terms of "cultural translation" and that his interventions and importance are ongoing.


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United Kingdom: commanding officer's role in courts-martial
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Year: 2013 Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate,

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A Constituição dos Atenienses
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Year: 2013 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Coimbra University Press,

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Apresentamos neste volume uma nova tradução da Constituição dos Atenienses, texto cujo autor não pode ser identificado e que, por isso, apresenta-se sob a autoria de Pseudo-Xenofonte. Esse primeiro texto de prosa ática por nós conhecido vem sobretudo contribuir para o estudo do pensamento político na Atenas do século V a.C. Trata-se de um testemunho denso, embora parcial, defendendo interesses ora oligárquicos, ora democráticos, sobre a organização societária de Atenas, cidade que acabou por desenvolver e exportar o modelo de democracia, que mais tarde consolidar-se-ia como uma das mais importantes heranças políticas que a Grécia clássica legou ao mundo contemporâneo. This volume presents a new translation of the Athenian Constitution, presented under the authorship of Pseudo-Xenophon as the real author remains unknown. This first known text of Attic prose contributes above all to the study of political thought in 5th century BC Athens. It is a dense, though partial, text, which defends both oligarchic and democratic interests in turn as regards the social organization of Athens. This was, of course, the city that first developed and exported the model of democracy, later consolidated as one of the most important political legacies that Classical Greece bequeathed to the contemporary world.


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La révolution Wong Kar-wai
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Year: 2013 Publisher: [Paris]: ARP,

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Au début des années 1990, Wong Kar-wai s’impose comme un cinéaste singulier, alliant la modernité de la forme – découpage éclaté, image stylisée – à une réflexion mélancolique sur la mémoire et le désir. Incarnant le renouveau du cinéma de Hong Kong, son style va susciter une cohorte d’admirateurs et d’imitateurs. D’abord apprécié par un public de cinéphiles et de festivaliers qui acclament "Nos années sauvages"(1991) ou "Chungking express"(1994), récompensé par le prix de la Mise en scène au Festival de Cannes en 1997 pour "Happy Together", il accède à une reconnaissance internationale avec le succès public d’"In the Mood for Love"(2000).


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A Constituição dos Atenienses
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Year: 2013 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Coimbra University Press,

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Apresentamos neste volume uma nova tradução da Constituição dos Atenienses, texto cujo autor não pode ser identificado e que, por isso, apresenta-se sob a autoria de Pseudo-Xenofonte. Esse primeiro texto de prosa ática por nós conhecido vem sobretudo contribuir para o estudo do pensamento político na Atenas do século V a.C. Trata-se de um testemunho denso, embora parcial, defendendo interesses ora oligárquicos, ora democráticos, sobre a organização societária de Atenas, cidade que acabou por desenvolver e exportar o modelo de democracia, que mais tarde consolidar-se-ia como uma das mais importantes heranças políticas que a Grécia clássica legou ao mundo contemporâneo. This volume presents a new translation of the Athenian Constitution, presented under the authorship of Pseudo-Xenophon as the real author remains unknown. This first known text of Attic prose contributes above all to the study of political thought in 5th century BC Athens. It is a dense, though partial, text, which defends both oligarchic and democratic interests in turn as regards the social organization of Athens. This was, of course, the city that first developed and exported the model of democracy, later consolidated as one of the most important political legacies that Classical Greece bequeathed to the contemporary world.


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United Kingdom: commanding officer's role in courts-martial
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A Constituição dos Atenienses
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Apresentamos neste volume uma nova tradução da Constituição dos Atenienses, texto cujo autor não pode ser identificado e que, por isso, apresenta-se sob a autoria de Pseudo-Xenofonte. Esse primeiro texto de prosa ática por nós conhecido vem sobretudo contribuir para o estudo do pensamento político na Atenas do século V a.C. Trata-se de um testemunho denso, embora parcial, defendendo interesses ora oligárquicos, ora democráticos, sobre a organização societária de Atenas, cidade que acabou por desenvolver e exportar o modelo de democracia, que mais tarde consolidar-se-ia como uma das mais importantes heranças políticas que a Grécia clássica legou ao mundo contemporâneo. This volume presents a new translation of the Athenian Constitution, presented under the authorship of Pseudo-Xenophon as the real author remains unknown. This first known text of Attic prose contributes above all to the study of political thought in 5th century BC Athens. It is a dense, though partial, text, which defends both oligarchic and democratic interests in turn as regards the social organization of Athens. This was, of course, the city that first developed and exported the model of democracy, later consolidated as one of the most important political legacies that Classical Greece bequeathed to the contemporary world.


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The way of judo : a portrait of Jigoro Kano and his students
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ISBN: 9781590309162 Year: 2013 Publisher: Boulder Shambhala

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Kodokan judo, one of the most well-known martial arts in the world today, was originated by Jigoro Kano (1860-1938). Kano was a martial artist and career educator who developed the art after studying several types of jujutsu, sumo, and Western wrestling. Openness and refinement were hallmarks of his personal and professional style, and he relentlessly searched for the best way to practice, teach, and perform techniques. This biography shows how Kano saw judo as a vehicle not just for self-defense, but for physical, spiritual, and moral development as well. His teachings clearly emphasize his ideal of judo as a way of self-cultivation that leads to physical health, ethical behavior, and ultimately a better society. Kano was a tireless activist who promoted the practical application of judo's principles in all realms of life in one's personal behavior, for education, in work, for economic benefit, and in both the local and international political arenas. Kano's students were a colorful, sometimes notorious bunch, and this book reveals how several went on to become famous or infamous in their own right. They include a prime minister of Japan, the leader of the Communist party in China, a famous novelist, a spy, high-level military leaders, and a media mogul, among many others. The author, John Stevens, gives a fascinating account of Kano's life and times, his teachings, and his interaction with his students.

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