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The invention of martial arts : popular culture between Asia and America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowman, Paul, 1971- (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Martial arts > Anthropological aspects.
Martial arts > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Invention of Martial Arts
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Conceptual Foundations-​The Invention of Martial Arts: Popular Culture between Asia and America
  • 2. Modernity, Media, and Martial Arts: From Beginning at the Origin to the Origin of the Beginning
  • 3. Martial Arts into Media Culture
  • 4. Everybody Was Kung Fu Citing: Inventing Popular Martial Arts Aesthetics
  • 5. From Linear History to Discursive Constellation
  • 6. The Meaning of Martial Arts
  • 7. I Want My TKD: Martial Arts in Music Videos
  • 8. Martial Ads
  • 9. The Invention of Tradition in Martial Arts
  • 10. Inventing Martial Subjects: Toxic Masculinity, MMA, and Media Representation
  • Conclusion: After the Invention
  • References
  • Index