TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring embodiment through martial arts and combat sports: a review of empirical research
AU - Channon, Alex
AU - Jennings, George
N1 - 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/10.1080/17430437.2014.882906
PY - 2014/2/6
Y1 - 2014/2/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1080/17430437.2014.882906
DO - 10.1080/17430437.2014.882906
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-0437
VL - 17
SP - 773
EP - 789
JO - Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
JF - Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
IS - 6
ER -
