ISBN:
9781498533218
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (187 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4830987
Keywords:
Self-defense - Venezuela - History
;
Self-defense - Venezuela - History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: This Is Garrote -- Chapter Two: The Civilizing of a Nation -- Chapter Three: Sites and Pedagogies of Garrote -- Chapter Four: Secrecy and Deception in Garrote -- Chapter Five: Belonging and the Role of Honor -- Chapter Six: Forging the Warrior's Habitus -- Chapter Seven: The Creation of a National Patrimony -- Chapter Eight: Concluding Thoughts -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
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