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Venezuelan Stick Fighting : The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498533218
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Venezuelan Stick FightingDDC classification:
  • 306.4830987
LOC classification:
  • GV1141.R936 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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