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Combat, Ritual, and Performance : Anthropology of the Martial Arts, Hardback Book

Combat, Ritual, and Performance : Anthropology of the Martial Arts Hardback

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This is the first book to describe martial arts and martial behaviors as serious topics deserving of serious study.

Although there have been a number of readers dealing with warfare, this is the only one that, among other things, focuses on the warrior, both ancient and modern. Presents a collection of readings which introduce the study of martial behaviors in a cross-cultural context.

The subject matter ranges from a consideration of the warclub as weapon and status symbol among the chiefdoms of the American Southwest at the time of European contact to contemporary ritual warfare in the highlands of Bolivia. All over the world, warriors have left their mark on culture.

Their codes of behavior become the basis of diplomacy, models of service, and courage in the protection of social institutions.

Chivalry in the West arose from the codes of the noble knights and ^IBushido^R, (The Way of the Warrior), the Bible of the Samurai, still serves as the basis of etiquette in modern Japan.

In practically every society myths and tales of culture heroes who are warriors are important in the enculturation and socialization of children.

Martial arts, which are stylized behaviors displaying techniques related to those practiced on the battlefield, are considered here to be more about culture, art, and history than about fighting.

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