Learning India’s Martial Art of Kalarippayattu: Unsettled Ecologies of Gender, Class, Culture, and Ethnicity

Rooted in the author’s field experience studying the traditional South Indian martial art kalarippayattu, this article examines the complexities of communication, including the use of touch as a teaching tool, in an intercultural teacher-student relationship, and surfaces how gender, culture, and cl...

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Main Author: Sara K. Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de León 2012-07-01
Series:Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas
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Online Access:http://revpubli.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/110