Martial Arts in Latin Societies

1. Auflage. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 1,6 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781032648583
53,49 €
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276 Seiten
Juli 2026
Routledge

This is the first book to explore martial arts and combat sports in Latin societies. Covering well-known and rarely studied forms of fighting systems, it considers how the schools of thought, organisation, and stylistics of martial arts can shine new light on the culture, history, and social issues of Latin countries and postcolonial societies. Featuring the work of leading international martial arts scholars from around the world - some of whom are experienced practitioners, some apprentices, and some cultural critics of the martial arts - the book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, including anthropology, cultural and media studies, history, physical education, and sociology. It includes fascinating and in-depth case studies of topics as diverse as Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, martial arts in urban Argentina, traditional wrestling forms from the Amazon region and Spain, boxe popolare in Italy, armed combat in the Philippines, and women's wrestling in Spain. This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology, history, culture or politics of sport, exercise, or physical culture as well as Latin American, European, or Asian studies or any of the diverse and broad traditions of martial arts.

Augusto Rembrandt Rodríguez-Sánchez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. His research interests are physical education, martial arts, and combat sports, as well as social aspects related to the practice of physical and sporting activity. Joaquín Piedra is a Senior Lecturer at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. He is head of the Critical Approach on Sport (CASport) research group and a specialist in the analysis of sport from a gender perspective. He has published on masculinities, gender, and coeducation in sport and physical education, and he is a Member of the National Network on LGBTIQ+ on Physical Education and Sport. George Jennings is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Sociology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. His research is mainly focused on the relationships between martial arts cultures, pedagogies, and philosophies. His research interests include gender and masculinity, the body and embodiment, ethnicity and nationalism, religion and spirituality, and health and pedagogy.

Part I: From the Past to the Present: The Evolutionary Journey of Martial Arts. 1. Tracing Historical and Kinetic Connections between Filipino and European Martial Arts. 2. The Evolution of Leonese Wrestling: From Tradition to a Vernacular Sport. 3. Diverse Dimensions of Brazilian Martial Arts and Combat Sports: Exploring History, Sociocultural Impact, and Educational Integration. 4. Canarian Wrestling (1840-2023): From the Guanche That We Hold within to the Peasant That We Must Exorcise. Part II: Culture in Combat: Martial Arts as a Reflection of Cultural Identity in the Latin World. 5. Luchadores, Monsters, and Karate Killers: The Early Reception of East Asian Martial Arts in Mexican Cinema. 6. Kendo, Culture, and (Dis)Continuities: The Chilean and Spanish Way of the Sword - An (Auto)Ethnography of Kendo Transculturation. 7. Marajoara Wrestling, the Amazonian Rural Martial Art: Its Culture, Its People. 8. Is This Where They Teach the Philosophy of "Tai Chi"?: A Look at the Transformations of Chinese Martial Arts in Argentina. 9. Organisational Development of Judo in Brazil: Acculturation and Internationalisation of a Traditional Japanese Sport. Part III: Teaching and Learning: The Educational Legacy of Martial Arts in the Latin Context. 10. The Educational Paradigm of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Self-Defence to Cognitive Development. 11. Capoeira Pedagogy and Bodily Knowledge in Mexico City: Me diga quem foi seu Mestre?. 12. Martial Arts and Combat Sports at the Instituto Superior de Educación Física: Education of the Body and Technique. Part IV: Current Challenges: Martial Arts in the Latin Social Context. 13. Representation of Women in Wrestling: "Fighting" against Industry Practices and Stereotypes. 14. The Changing Sensitivity to Violence in MMA: A Case Study from Spain. 15. Identity and Citizenship in Boxing: The Journey of Pamela Malvina Noutcho Sawa. Part V: Martial Arts without Borders: Globalisation in the Latin Context. 16. Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Race, Movement, and Cultural Exchange in Brazilian Martial Arts. 17. Power Dynamics in Gendered Sports Karate: Inclusivity and Hierarchies. 18. Taekwondo at the Intersection of Inequalities, Disability, and Production of Futures: Red Belt, Black Tag.

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