The Feet of the Master

Three Stages in the Appropriation of Okinawan Karate Into Anglo-American Culture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2407976
AutoresGary J Krug, Gary Krug (autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen1
Número4
Páginas395-410
Fecha de publicación2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/153270860100100401
OpenAlexW2072876499
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas4

First 'discovered' by Anglo-Americans following the Second World War, karate has undergone a series of changes in the way in which it is presented and taught in the United States and Australia. In the 1990s, the publication of key secret texts, the establishment of a large body of historical information, the rapidly growing acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and the establishment of second- and third-generation dojos and instructors in Euro-American cultures have contributed to the demystification of karate and a lessening need for attachments to the people and culture of Okinawa. With these new representations of karate, the art is being remade as a set of Western knowledge and practices. These changes in the representation of karate trace a trajectory that transforms the pragmatic and spiritual characteristics of karate first into a marker of Asianess, then into a myth of origins, and finally into a set of historical and semiscientific practices

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