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The Global Martial Circuit and Globalised Bodies

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The Body and Senses in Martial Culture

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In this chapter, I elucidate, vis-à-vis the processes of globalisation, how martial arts are embedded within transnational flows and practices that simultaneously feed back into the embodied and discursive construction of martial arts. I appropriate Appadurai’s concept of “-scapes” and offer the term “martialscape” to describe the dynamic interaction between discursive constructions of martial arts and the manner in which individuals conceive of and experience martial arts at the global level. Pertinent to this discussion is how commercialisation has promoted martial arts at the global arena while seemingly robbing martial arts of its “authenticity.”

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Lionel, L.H.L. (2016). The Global Martial Circuit and Globalised Bodies. In: The Body and Senses in Martial Culture. Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55742-1_5

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