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A History of Chinese Martial Arts

A History of Chinese Martial Arts

Chinese martial arts have a long meaningful history and deep cultural roots. They blend the physical components of combat with strategy philosophy and tradition distinguishing them from Western sports. A History of Chinese Martial Arts is the most authoritative study ever written on this topic featuring contributions from leading Chinese scholars and practitioners. The book provides a comprehensive overview of all types of Chinese martial arts from the Pre-Qin Period (before 222 BC) right up to the present day in the People’s Republic of China with each chapter covering a different period in Chinese history. Including numerous illustrations of artefacts weaponry and historical drawings and documents this book offers unparalleled insight into the origins development and contemporary significance of martial arts in China. This is a fascinating read for researchers and students working in sports history Chinese sport and Chinese Studies.

GBP 39.99
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The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

Mixed martial arts (MMA)—unarmed fighting games permitting techniques derived from a variety of martial arts and combat sports— has exploded from the fringes of sport into a worldwide phenomenon a sport as controversial as it is compelling. This is the first book to pay MMA the serious philosophical attention it deserves. With contributions from leading international scholars of the philosophy of sport and martial arts the book explores topics such as whether MMA qualifies as a martial art the differences between MMA and the traditional martial arts the aesthetic dimensions of MMA the limits of consent and choice in MMA and whether MMA can promote moral virtues. It also explores cutting-edge practical and ethical topics including the role of gender in MMA and the question of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the women’s divisions. The contributors to this anthology take down ground and pound and submit many essential questions about this fascinating recent development in the culture of sport and spectacle. This is important reading for anybody with an interest in combat sports martial arts or the philosophy sociology culture or history of sport. | The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts Squaring the Octagon

GBP 38.99
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Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action

Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action

This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on Chinese philosophical ideas derived from or based on Confucianism Daoism Buddhism and other schools of thought such as Mohism and Legalism examines a cluster of recent Chinese martial arts films centering on the figure of the xia—the heroic protagonist the Chinese equivalent of medieval Europe’s knight-errant—and outlines the philosophical principles and themes undergirding the actions of xia and their narratives. Overall the author argues that the genre apart from being an action-oriented entertainment medium is inherently moral and ethical. | Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action

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Biomechanics of Human Motion Applications in the Martial Arts Second Edition

Biomechanics of Human Motion Applications in the Martial Arts Second Edition

Biomechanics of Human Motion: Applications in the Martial Arts Second Edition explores the biomechanical principles of nine different forms of martial arts with specific attention paid to their anatomical features. Within this examination Professor Arus highlights the use of energy and force especially in Kyusho-Jutsu. Whereas the first edition provided an in-depth explanation of the Aikido techniques of Kokyu-ryoku the second edition focusses specifically on the grabbing and liberation techniques used in Kyusho-Jutsu. Such an examination stresses the importance of vital points finger manipulation and their co rresponding emphasis on energy usage. As Professor Arus details throughout Biomechanics of Human Motion Second Edition knowledge of this form of pressure point maneuvering is useful in both attack and counterattack situations especially since the martial artist’s anatomo-physiological adaptation to effort represents the most significant development in fighting regimens. The second edition also includes a discussion of the katana. Professor Arus notes that defense against the katana is nearly impossible describing the three major steps used in Japanese (Ma). It is customary in Aikido to defend against a wooden sword. By using a wooden sword an Aikido Master’s demonstration is pre-determined. Techniques to defend against these demonstrations are discussed throughout the book. Finally various attack and defense techniques using pressure points are also explained in Biomechanics of Human Motion Second Edition. | Biomechanics of Human Motion Applications in the Martial Arts Second Edition

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Martial Arts: Capoeira Steam CD Key

Martial Arts: Capoeira Steam CD Key

Martial Arts: Capoeira is an action game that combines elements typical of fights and RPGs. As the title may suggest, we have the opportunity to learn more about the popular Brazilian martial art, modeled on dance. The developer studio Twelve Interactive, located in Italy, is responsible for the preparation of this game. In the past, the company became famous thanks to the arcade Crash Dummy vs. The Evil D-Troit . Gameplay We have twelve different players at our disposal. Each of these characters is described by ten basic features, such as endurance, arm strength, speed, and leg strength. The game is extremely brutal, and its course can be made more attractive by using various strokes, selected from a pool of several hundred available strikes. It is also worth adding that we combine individual attacks into more complex combinations (so-called combos), thanks to which knocking out the opponent becomes much easier. Much emphasis was also placed on the possibility of obtaining funds. We usually get money as a reward for winning successive wins, although there is also an option to bet on fights with other players. We spend the cash, among other things, on buying trainings, thanks to which we gradually develop selected features of the character we control. We choose between five standard modes of play, such as Tournament (competition), Arcade, Quick Fight (quick fight), Survival (trying to stay in combat as long as possible) or Training (training). The visual setting of Martial Arts: Capoeira focuses our attention mainly on the characters of the players. Particularly noteworthy is the use of motion capture technology in order to best reproduce their blows. A big attraction is also the fact that we fight in different parts of the world. Key features 12 fighters with their own characteristics  13 real world locations  Exciting career mode  Customizable character development  Thrilling local multiplayer mode

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Arts and Cultural Leadership Creating Sustainable Arts Organizations

Arts and Cultural Leadership Creating Sustainable Arts Organizations

This textbook provides an expert overview of the challenge of arts and cultural leadership in the contemporary world. Grounded in theories of sustainability and with a renewed global focus for this second edition the author’s insights from contemporary arts organizations facilitate meaningful student comprehension. Drawing on the work of practitioners and theorists in the fields of philosophy biology and ecology as well as the arts Foster proposes a rethinking of organizational design strategy and structure that is based on ecological concepts and the creative process that is intrinsic to the arts rather than the conventional business model that currently prevails particularly in western arts and culture organizations. He contests conventional thinking about arts administration and management and urges arts leaders to foreground innovation as they reimagine their organizations for a world unlike any other. New sections include an enhanced theoretical discussion as well as new material on business models strategy and organizational design and practice. Applicable to any arts organization the entrepreneurial focus is especially relevant in the aftermath of the global pandemic the ongoing climate crisis and the quest for democracy and social justice. This updated edition will be a valuable resource both for present-day arts and cultural leaders who are working to adapt to the current environment as well as students and future leaders who aspire to make change in the world through arts and cultural leadership. | Arts and Cultural Leadership Creating Sustainable Arts Organizations

GBP 44.99
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Visual Arts Management

Visual Arts Management

The arts sector is of vital importance to the global economy and students aspiring to a career in the visual arts are increasingly required to gain an understanding of the business side of the arts world. This textbook introduces the field of arts management with a focus on visual arts. Visual Arts Management provides the first comprehensive textbook to the art business. The book covers the full range of the art world from contemporary galleries secondary market auction houses art fairs and museums. Topics include overviews of the distinct sectors of the business but also delves in to technical topics: curatorship antiques cultural heritage compliance marketing art criticism taxation customs insurance transportation appraising conservation and connoisseurship. Each chapter concludes with a real-world case study to provide cautionary tales of the dangers and pitfalls of the art business. This unique textbook authored by an experienced instructor presents a global perspective on the rapidly developing art business in a way that is relevant for arts management classes and art professionals worldwide.

GBP 43.99
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Arts Management A practical guide

Arts Management A practical guide

Arts management is no longer a resting place for enthusiastic amateurs or artists with insufficient talent to make the big time. Rather it is increasingly being recognised as a profession with a set of skills which need to be learnt. Arts Management is a comprehensive handbook for arts administrators working in all art forms and in organisations ranging from small community co-operatives to large national flagships. With extensive Australian case studies it covers cultural policy fundraising legal issues marketing and public relations managing people and money and event management. Arts Management is an essential reference for practising arts administrators and students. | Arts Management A practical guide

GBP 130.00
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The Routledge Companion to Arts Marketing

The Routledge Companion to Arts Marketing

The relationship between the arts and marketing has been growing ever more complex as the proliferation of new technologies and social media has opened up new forms of communication. This book covers the broad and involved relationship between the arts and marketing. It frames arts marketing in the context of wider related issues such as the creative and cultural industries cultural policy and arts funding developments in the different art forms and the impact of environmental forces on arts business models and markets. The Routledge Companion to Arts Marketing provides a comprehensive up-to-date reference guide that incorporates current analyses of arts marketing topics by leaders of academic research in the field. As such it will be a key resource for the next generation of arts marketing scholars and teachers and will constitute the single most authoritative guide on the subject internationally.

GBP 46.99
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Creative Arts Marketing

Creative Arts Marketing

Creative Arts Marketing third edition is a long-awaited update of a classic and influential text. A ground-breaking book when first published it covers the core concepts of marketing and management as they apply to the arts and heritage industries with a depth that is still unrivalled. With an emphasis on global case studies practical examples and discussion questions and an author team that draws from rich and varied experiences in the arts management sector the book serves as a text for students as much as it is a practitioner's guide to industry best practice. Extensively revised to reflect the dramatic changes to this industry this edition integrates organizational and management subject matter reflecting the marketing function’s deeper involvement in broad organizational issues. This fully updated and revised third edition features: Audience diversity and audience development The impact of digital technologies on the industry An exploration of the increasingly complex relationship between public and private funding for the arts Ethics and sustainability issues for arts marketers Cultural policy changes in the industry Including a brand new companion website complete with materials for tutors and students for the first time the return of this important text will be welcomed by students tutors and professionals in the arts.

GBP 42.99
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Women and Martial Art in Japan

Women and Martial Art in Japan

This book based on extensive original research examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo the Japanese martial art which using bamboo swords as well as protective armour and descended from traditional swordsmanship instils in its practitioners besides physical skills societal values of etiquette and resilience as well connecting them to a “traditional” outlook which includes a gendered cultural identity. The book therefore illustrates an unexplored example of identity construction in Japan one which legitimises women’s sport experiences within a male-centric physical culture unpacks the notion of “tradition” in kendo and unravels its stultifying control over women’s kendo participation and discusses the androgenicity of women’s participation to highlight its subversive potential to develop women as leaders in sport politics and other fields which continue to be very male dominated in Japan. | Women and Martial Art in Japan

GBP 120.00
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Arts Entrepreneurship Creating a New Venture in the Arts

Arts Entrepreneurship Creating a New Venture in the Arts

Arts Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Venture in the Arts provides the essential tools techniques and concepts needed to invent launch and sustain a business in the creative sector. Building on the reader’s artistic talents and interests the book provides a practical action-oriented introduction to the business of art focusing on product design organizational planning and assessment customer identification and marketing fundraising legal issues money management cultural policy and career development. It also offers examples exercises and references that guide entrepreneurs through the key stages of concept creation business development and growth. Special attention is paid to topics such as cultural ventures seeking social impact the emergence of creative placemaking the opportunities afforded by novel corporate forms and the role of contemporary technologies in marketing fundraising and operations. A hands-on guide to entrepreneurial success this book is a valuable resource for students of Arts Entrepreneurship programs courses and workshops as well as for early-stage business founders in the creative sector looking for guidance on how to create and sustain their own successful venture. | Arts Entrepreneurship Creating a New Venture in the Arts

GBP 48.99
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Marketing the Arts Breaking Boundaries

Marketing the Arts Breaking Boundaries

With contributions from international scholars of marketing and consumer studies this renowned text engages directly with a range of contemporary themes including: The importance of arts consumption and its socio-cultural political and economic dimensions The impact of new technologies platforms and alternative artforms on the art market The importance of the aesthetic experience itself and how to research it The value of arts-based methods The art versus commerce debate The artist as entrepreneur The role of the arts marketer as market-maker This fully updated new edition covers digital trends in the arts and emerging technologies including virtual reality streaming services and branded entertainment. It also broadens the scope of investigation beyond the West looking to film in emerging markets such as China music in Sub-Saharan Africa and indigenous art in Australia. Alongside in-depth theoretical analysis this edition of Marketing the Arts takes inspiration from the creativity inherent in current artistic practice to demonstrate a plurality of approaches and methodologies. Marketing the Arts: Breaking Boundaries is core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying arts marketing and management. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and questions for class discussion. | Marketing the Arts Breaking Boundaries

GBP 42.99
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Management and the Arts

Management and the Arts

The sixth edition of Management and the Arts has been revised and updated with the latest concepts theories and practices to meet the evolving demands faced by arts managers in cultural organizations around the world. This comprehensive textbook covers a wide range of topics including planning strategy development leading marketing fundraising budgeting finance staffing and operations. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach as it explores how arts managers and leaders can develop equitable collaborative and dynamic organizations that bring communities together to experience all the arts have to offer. It also includes illustrations tables tools techniques and case studies that can be applied in a wide range of visual and performing arts organizations. Each chapter features terms learning outcomes real world examples and discussion questions designed to help students build skills develop strategies and understand options to consider in meeting the challenges faced by cultural organizations. New to this edition: An extensive focus on how arts managers and organizations can successfully engage in developing and implementing equity diversity and inclusion programs Expanded content on leadership marketing social media and fundraising theories practices and ethics Updated content about planning and assessment business models entrepreneurship and heuristics Expanded coverage of organizational culture and its impact on programming operations and inclusion Additional perspectives about leading in the arts examination of theories of motivation and communication and expanded discussion on leadership ethics Integration of topics on operations budgeting and finance including technology and CRM systems Suggested additional readings website links and a broad array of other resources have been carefully gathered to help faculty guide students of Performing Arts programs and Arts Management courses as they explore what is required to work with artists board members staff funders volunteers and community leaders. Management and the Arts includes access to a companion website featuring a sample syllabus additional project assignments suggested resources and chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides (www. managementandthearts. com).

GBP 48.99
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Where Analysis Meets the Arts The Integration of the Arts Therapies with Psychoanalytic Theory

Where Analysis Meets the Arts The Integration of the Arts Therapies with Psychoanalytic Theory

This book provides the reader with a theoretical framework that considers how psychoanalysis can enrich the clinical application of the arts therapies. Five specialist arts therapies used in contemporary psychotherapy are examined: drama psychodrama art dance movement and music. Although the contributors represent a variety of orientations and practices it is the theme of integration which makes this book most stimulated and original demonstrating how both psychoanalysis and the arts therapies may benefit from a meeting of minds. Contributors: Jeremy Holmes; Joy Schaverien; Mary Levens; Marina Jenkins; Paul Holmes; Kedzie Penfield; Helen Odell-Miller; Jocelyn James; Yvonne Searles; and Isabelle Streng. | Where Analysis Meets the Arts The Integration of the Arts Therapies with Psychoanalytic Theory

GBP 130.00
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Integrative Arts Psychotherapy Using an Integrative Theoretical Frame and the Arts in Psychotherapy

Integrative Arts Psychotherapy Using an Integrative Theoretical Frame and the Arts in Psychotherapy

This book is a new addition to the art therapy literature setting out an integrative approach to using theory and the arts which places clients at the centre of practice and supports collaboration across the therapeutic journey. The structural framework described enables different theories contemporary research and best-practice guidelines to be used to inform therapy allowing the practitioner to work fluidly and rigorously in response to their clients’ changing needs and therapeutic aims. Integrative arts psychotherapy brings therapeutic practice to life as the use of the visual arts is enhanced by the possibilities offered for developing and deepening therapeutic work using sculpture/clay drama/puppetry poetry sand play music and bodywork/movement. The work described in this book has grown from a British and European art therapy culture community and history – influenced by prominent American theorists. The book has been written for trainers trainees and practitioners of creative arts therapies psychotherapy and expressive arts therapies – nationally and worldwide. It may also be of interest to other professionals or those in consultation with an art therapist who want to understand what this type of art therapy can offer. | Integrative Arts Psychotherapy Using an Integrative Theoretical Frame and the Arts in Psychotherapy

GBP 27.99
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The Routledge International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research

The Routledge International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research

For artists scholars researchers educators and students of arts theory interested in culture and the arts a proper understanding of the questions surrounding ‘interculturality’ and the arts requires a full understanding of the creative methodological and interconnected possibilities of theory practice and research. The International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research provides concise and comprehensive reviews and overviews of the convergences and divergences of intercultural arts practice and theory offering a consolidation of the breadth of scholarship practices and the contemporary research methodologies methods and multi-disciplinary analyses that are emerging within this new field. | The Routledge International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research

GBP 48.99
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English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

English Language Arts offers both undergraduates and starting-graduate students in education an introduction to the connections that exist between language arts and a critical orientation to education. Because language influences all aspects of education English teachers have a unique responsibility to create opportunities for learners to cultivate literacy practices that will empower them to reach their potential. Applying critical and theoretical perspectives to teaching English language arts this primer considers how meanings are made in intersecting spaces of learners teachers and texts. Julie Gorlewski shows future and current teachers how critical English language arts education can be put into practice with concrete strategies and examples in both formal and informal educational settings. With opportunities for readers to engage in deeper discussion through suggested activities English Language Arts’ pedagogical features include: Model Classroom Scenarios Extension Questions Glossary of Key Terms | English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

GBP 36.99
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Documenting the Visual Arts

Documenting the Visual Arts

Bringing together an international range of scholars as well as filmmakers and curators this book explores the rich variety in form and content of the contemporary art documentary. Since their emergence in the late 1940s as a distinct genre documentaries about the visual arts have made significant contributions to art education public television and documentary filmmaking yet they have received little scholarly attention from either art history or film studies. Documenting the Visual Arts brings that attention to the fore. Whether considering documentaries about painting sculpture photography performance art site-specific installation or fashion the chapters of this book engage with the key question of intermediality: how film can reframe other visual arts through its specific audio-visual qualities in order to generate new ways of understanding those arts. The essays illuminate furthermore how art documentaries raise some of the most critical issues of the contemporary global art world specifically the discourse of the artist the dynamics of documentation and the visuality of the museum. Contributors discuss documentaries by filmmakers such as Frederick Wiseman Lynn Hershman Leeson Jia Zhangke and Trisha Ziff and about artists such as Michael Heizer Ai Weiwei Do Ho Suh and Marina Abramović. This collection of new international and interdisciplinary scholarship on visual art documentaries is ideal for students and scholars of visual arts and filmmaking as well as art history arts education and media studies.

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Understanding Audience Engagement in the Contemporary Arts

Understanding Audience Engagement in the Contemporary Arts

Drawing on unique multi-arts multi-city scholarly research Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts makes a timely and urgent contribution to debates about the place of arts and culture in contemporary society. The authors critically interrogate the challenges of access diversity privilege and responsibility in contemporary art. Asking who benefits from pays for and consumes the arts the book highlights fresh forward-thinking audience and organisational attitudes that show the potential of live arts engagement to contribute to engaged citizenship. Complemented by comparative global analysis the cutting-edge insights in this book are relevant for interdisciplinary researchers across audience studies and beyond. Enhanced by a new framework for the understanding audience engagement the book is relevant to scholars policymakers and reflective practitioners across the spectrum of arts and cultural industries management. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a CC BY-NC-ND 4. 0 license here. | Understanding Audience Engagement in the Contemporary Arts

GBP 38.99
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Samuel Beckett and the Arts Music Visual Arts and Non-Print Media

Samuel Beckett and the Arts Music Visual Arts and Non-Print Media

This book first published in 1999 addresses Beckett’s visual and musical sensibilities and examines his visionary use of such diverse modes of creative expression as stage radio television and film when his medium was the written word. The first section of the book focuses on music; the second part analyses the visual arts; and the third part examines film radio and television. This book uncovers aspects of his thinking on and use of the arts that have been little studied including the nonfigurative function of music and art in Beckett’s work; the ‘collaborations’ undertaken by composers painters and choreographers with his texts; the relation of his literary to his visual and musical artistry; and his use of film radio and television as innovative means and celebration of artistic process. | Samuel Beckett and the Arts Music Visual Arts and Non-Print Media

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