Regimes of intensity and techniques of the self: Ethnography of <em>làmb</em> training in Dakar

How to become a làmb (Senegalese wrestling with punches) wrestler in Dakar? Starting from an ethnography based on an “observant participation” method, this article analyzes wrestlers’ “techniques of the self” by focusing on the articulation between discourses and bodily practices. Describing some tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francesco Fanoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2020-07-01
Series:Anuac
Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/4036