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Kendo: Culture of the Sword - Hardcover, by Bennett Alexander C. - Very Good
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- ISBN
- 9780520284371
- Book Title
- Kendo : Culture of the Sword
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, History
- Topic
- Fencing, Asia / Japan, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
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- 6in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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Kendo is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history. Kendo follows the development of Japanese swordsmanship from the aristocratic-aesthetic pretensions of medieval warriors in the Muromachi period, to the samurai elitism of the Edo regime, and then to the nostalgic patriotism of the Meiji state. Kendo was later influenced in the 1930s and 1940s by ultranationalist militarists and ultimately by the postwar government, which sought a gentler form of nationalism to rekindle appreciation of traditional culture among Japan's youth and to garner international prestige as an instrument of "soft power." Today kendo is becoming increasingly popular internationally. But even as new organizations and clubs form around the world, cultural exclusiveness continues to play a role in kendo's ongoing evolution, as the sport remains closely linked to Japan's sense of collective identity.
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University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520284372
ISBN-13
9780520284371
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208747088
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kendo : Culture of the Sword
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Fencing, Asia / Japan, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20 oz
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Gv1142.B47 2015
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Kendo: Culture of the Sword is to date the most comprehensive and accessible history of Japanese swordsmanship in any language., In this detailed study of kendo, Alexander Bennett, a highly accomplished (and foreign) practitioner himself, picks apart and analyses the roots and evolution of the martial art.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Conventions Prologue Introduction 1 * The Art of Killing: Swordsmanship in Medieval Japan 2 * The Art of Living: Early Modern Kenjutsu 3 * The Fall and Rise of Samurai Culture: Kenjutsu's Nationalization 4 * Sharpening the Empire's Claws 5 * Kendo and Sports: Path of Reason or Cultural Treason? 6 * Crossing Swords and Borders: The Global Diffusion of Kendo Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-004621
Dewey Decimal
796.86
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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