Supernatural sources of martial power: a cross-cultural investigation

Jared Miracle

doi:10.18002/rama.v9i1.1010

Autores/as

Jared Miracle Texas A&M University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v9i1.1010

Palabras clave:

Artes marciales, transcultural, Rebelión Bóxer, África Atlántica, sohei, Sociedad de los Hombres-Perro, antropología

Resumen

Este trabajo utiliza un modelo de investigación cultural de comparación transcultural para abordar la pregunta de si existen o no tendencias generales en la intersección de las artes de combate y las concepciones culturales de lo sobrenatural. Se presentan los métodos y los antecedentes para explicar cómo se abordó la investigación. Las fuentes utilizadas se limitaron a los siglos XVIII y XIX, y también se limitaron geográficamente. Las regiones que se incluyeron fueron el archipiélago japonés, China, África atlántica, las grandes llanuras de Norteamérica y el subcontinente indio. Las cinco regiones fueron elegidas aleatoriamente, sin que se tuviese la intención de ser exhaustivos. A la explicación de las evidencias halladas se suma una discusión en términos comparativos. A pesar de son necesarias más investigaciones, la conclusión provisional más evidente es que la comprensión cultural de la intervención sobrenatural se combina con las artes marciales en casos donde no solo se busca el poder físico, sino también el poder socio-político en conflictos asimétricos.

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Jared Miracle, Texas A&M University

Jared Miracle is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. His dissertation research focuses on fighting arts in a transnational and cross-cultural context. He has been a martial artist since childhood, was a boxer at Japan’s KTT Gym under Naito Toshihiro, and studies Shinkage-ryu swordmanship with Watanabe Tadashige. His research interests include East Asian folk narratives, history, religion and the supernatural, dueling, and Asian-American culture.

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