Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Introduction: Martial Arts, Transnationalism, and Embodied Knowledge 1 D. S. Farrer and John Whalen-Bridge Part I: Embodied Fantasy Chapter 2 Some Versions of the Samurai: The Budō Core of DeLillo’s Running Dog 29 John Whalen-Bridge Chapter 3 The Fantasy Corpus of Martial Arts, or, The “Communication” of Bruce Lee 61 Paul Bowman Chapter 4 Body, Masculinity, and Representation in Chinese Martial Arts Films 97 Jie Lu Part II: How the Social Body Trains Chapter 5 The Training of Perception in Javanese Martial Arts 123 Jean-Marc de Grave viii Contents Chapter 6 Thai Boxing: Networking of a Polymorphous Clinch 145 Stéphane Rennesson Part III: Transnational Self-Construction Chapter 7 From Floor to Stage: Kalarippayattu Travels 161 Martin Welton Chapter 8 The Oriental Martial Arts as Hybrid Totems, Together with Orientalized Avatars 185 Stephen Chan Chapter 9 Coffee-Shop Gods: Chinese Martial Arts of the Singapore Diaspora 203 D. S. Farrer List of Contributors 239 Index 243 ...