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9781570037184

Fighting for Honor

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  • ISBN13:

    9781570037184

  • ISBN10:

    1570037183

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-03-31
  • Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

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Summary

A groundbreaking investigation into the migration of martial arts techniques across continents and centuries

Author Biography

T. J. Desch Obi is an assistant professor of African and African diaspora history at the City University of New York's Baruch College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Divining an Approachp. 1
Birth of Traditions
From across the Kalunga: Pastoral Pugilism in Southern Angola to 1860p. 17
Bloodless Duels: Combative Custom in Biafra to 1860p. 52
Across the Kalunga
Enslaved Honor: The Utility of Martial Art in North Americap. 77
Return Passages: Ritual and Revolutionary Liberation from Bondage in the Francophone Caribbeanp. 122
Urban Inversions: Combat Societies in Rio de Janeirop. 152
Conclusion: Embodied Traditionsp. 199
Engolo Techniquesp. 219
Notesp. 225
Select Bibliographyp. 319
Indexp. 339
About the Authorp. 347
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