When the body becomes all eyes : paradigms, discourses and practices of power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian martial art

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When the body becomes all eyes : paradigms, discourses and practices of power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian martial art

Phillip B. Zarrilli

(Oxford India paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 2000

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Bibliography: p. [273]-298

Includes index

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Description

This is the first in-depth study of kalarippayattu - one of India's traditional martial and medical arts dating from at least the 12th century AD. Based on twenty years of research and practice in Kerala, this study traces how kalarippayattu is a mode of cultural practice through which bodies, knowledges, powers, agency, selves, and identities are constantly repositioned.

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  • NCID
    BA51449916
  • ISBN
    • 0195655389
  • Country Code
    ii
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Delhi
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxii, 310 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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