Abstract
Since the late 1970s, social scientists have turned considerable attention to investigating martial arts and combat sports (MACS). In particular, this broad range of fighting disciplines has been shown to offer numerous avenues for scholarly enquiry into social change and personal transformation via processes of embodiment. Adopting a thematic structure, we assess the empirical literature in this area via four interconnecting categories pertaining to MACS and embodiment: (1) body cultures; (2) body pedagogies; (3) the embodiment of gender; and (4) bodily harm. Following this review, we identify several gaps in the existing literature, suggesting potential new topics and strategies for research connecting to the social world of physical culture more generally.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 773-789 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 Feb 2014 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Authors’ Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Sport in Society, online first February 2014, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2014.882906Fingerprint
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Alex Channon
- School of Sport and Health Sciences - Principal Lecturer
- Sport and Leisure Cultures Research and Enterprise Group
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