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The legacy of pankration : mixed martial arts and the posthuman revival of a fighting culture
, 2013 Based on participant observation in a mixed martial arts club, this article analyzes the concept of cultural performativity in mixed martial arts (MMA) in relation to the ancient sport of pankration, which is considered to be the origin of MMA.
Stenius, Magnus,
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Martial arts: the possible benefit that can be obtained during a period of lockdown
, 2021 The following thought piece follows one individuals’ experience of being in lockdown in the United Kingdom and how the practice of martial arts assisted in this experience.
Spring, Charles
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Titian's Falconer: From Zorzone to Girolamo Cornaro
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The identity of the sitter in Titian's Falconer and the issue of its dating have been subject to a false, yet very influential assumption: that The Falconer should be dated to a point as late as 1537 in order to connect it to the identity of Zorzone Cornaro (1517–1571), son of Girolamo (1485–1551).
Rachel Healy
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
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A Sephardic Quevedo? Abraham Gómez Silveira, Between Controversy and Poetry
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A book published in 2000, El barroco sefardí Abraham Gómez Silveira (The Sephardic Baroque Abraham Gómez Silveira), introduced us to this hitherto unknown author, baptised in Castile in 1651, who was educated at the school of the sacred congregation of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam.
Mercedes Blanco
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Study on scientific production in martial arts in Spain from 1990 to present
This study presents a panoramic overview of the scientific production related to martial arts published in Spain from the last decade of 20th Century to the present.
Gutiérrez García, Carlos +1 more
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Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
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Annotated bibliography about Asian martial arts monographs published in Spain
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2013 Aim: The aim of the present study was to create an annotated bibliography of all Asian martial arts monographs published in Spain until 2009.Method: Main national and international databases, martial arts bibliographies as well as the own Asian martial ...
Mikel Pérez-Gutiérrez +2 more
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War, Trauma and Diasporic Identity in Vyvyane Loh's Breaking the Tongue
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Japan's involvement in the Second World War offers provocative narrative material for authors who write about the cultural politics of race under wartime conditions, such as the internment experience of Japanese Americans in the United States and the mass killings of Chinese (Operation Sook Ching), suspected of anti‐Japanese sentiments in ...
Walter S. H. Lim
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