When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art

by Phillip B. Zarrilli

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This is the first in-depth study of kalarippayattu - one of India's traditional martial and medical arts dating from at least the 12th century AD. Based on twenty years of research and practice in Kerala, this study traces how kalarippayattu is a mode of cultural practice through which bodies, knowledges, powers, agency, selves, and identities are constantly repositioned.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195655389

ISBN13:9780195655384

Release Date:November 2000

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:332 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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