Memory in our body: Thick participation and the translation of kinesthetic experience

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 665-681

  Samudra, Jaida Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Ethnography; Kinesthetic culture; Martial art; Silat; Thick participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049141525     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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