TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loh,H.L.L.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The Body and Senses in Martial Culture
T2  - Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment
SN  - 9781137557421
AV  - HM636 
U1  - 306.4613 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Sports
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Human body
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Sociology of the Body
KW  - Sociology of Sport and Leisure
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Methodology -- Chapter 3 -- The Lived Realities at the Gym -- Chapter 4: Knowing your Body -- Chapter 5: The Global Martial Circuit and Globalised Bodies -- Chapter 6: Conclusion
N2  - This ethnographic study of a mixed martial arts gym in Thailand describes the everyday practices and lived experiences of martial art practitioners. Through the lived realities and everyday experiences of these fighters, this book seeks to examine why foreigners invest their time and money to train in martial arts in Thailand; the linkages between the embodiment of martial arts and masculinity; how foreign bodies consume martial arts and what they get out of it; the sensory reconfiguration required of a fighter; and the impact of transnational flows on bodily dispositions and knowledge. The author argues that being a successful fighter entails not only sensitized awareness and knowledge of one’s body, but also a reconfiguration of the senses
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