Judkins / Nielson The Creation of Wing Chun

A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5695-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Judkins, Benjamin N.

Nielson, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Kampfsportarten, Selbstverteidigung Ostasiatische Kampfkünste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Hand Combat, Identity, and Civil Society in Guangdong, 1800–1949

1. Growth and Disorder: Paradoxes of the Qing Dynasty

2. Setting the Stage: The Evolution of Guangdong’s Martial Arts, 1800–1911

3. Northern Tigers versus Southern Heroes: Local Identity, National Reform, and the Golden Age of Guangdong’s Martial Arts, 1911–1949

Part II: Conflict, Imperialism, and Modernization: The Evolution of Wing Chun Kung Fu, 1900–1972

4. The Public Emergence of Wing Chun, 1900–1949

5. Ip Man and the Making of a Modern Kung Fu Master

Epilogue: Wing Chun as a Global Art

Notes
Glossary
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin N. Judkins holds a doctoral degree in political science from Columbia University. Jon Nielson is chief instructor at Wing Chun Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah.