Fighting for Honor The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World

Name: Fighting for Honor The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World
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ISBN: 9781570037184

ISBN-10: 1570037183

ISBN-13: 9781570037184

Edition: 2008

Authors: M Thomas

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.09" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Divining an Approach	p. 1
Birth of Traditions
From across the Kalunga: Pastoral Pugilism in Southern Angola to 1860	p. 17
Bloodless Duels: Combative Custom in Biafra to 1860	p. 52
Across the Kalunga
Enslaved Honor: The Utility of Martial Art in North America	p. 77
Return Passages: Ritual and Revolutionary Liberation from Bondage in the Francophone Caribbean	p. 122
Urban Inversions: Combat Societies in Rio de Janeiro	p. 152
Conclusion: Embodied Traditions	p. 199
Engolo Techniques	p. 219
Notes	p. 225
Select Bibliography	p. 319
Index	p. 339
About the Author	p. 347
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