Bodily practice, performance art, competitive sport: A critique of kalarippayattu, the martial art of Kerala

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-168

  McDonald, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ART; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; GLOBALIZATION; SPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38749086480     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670704100201     Document Type: Article

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