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When the Body Becomes All Eyes

Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art

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  • 332 páginas
  • 12 horas de lectura

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This is the first in-depth study of kalarippayattu - one of India's traditional martial and medical arts dating from at least the 12th century AD. Based on twenty years of research and practice in Kerala, this study traces how kalarippayattu is a mode of cultural practice through which bodies,knowledges, powers, agency, selves, and identities are constantly repositioned.

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When the Body Becomes All Eyes, Phillip B. Zarrilli

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Título
When the Body Becomes All Eyes
Subtítulo
Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2000
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
332
ISBN10
0195655389
ISBN13
9780195655384
Serie
Descripción
This is the first in-depth study of kalarippayattu - one of India's traditional martial and medical arts dating from at least the 12th century AD. Based on twenty years of research and practice in Kerala, this study traces how kalarippayattu is a mode of cultural practice through which bodies,knowledges, powers, agency, selves, and identities are constantly repositioned.