Supernatural sources of martial power: a cross-cultural investigation

Jared Miracle

doi:10.18002/rama.v9i1.1010

Autores

Jared Miracle Texas A&M University

DOI:

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

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Artes marciais, Transcultural, Rebelião Boxe, África atlântica, Sohei, Sociedade dos Homens-Cães, Antropologia

Resumo

Este trabalho utiliza um modelo de investigação cultural de comparação transcultural para reflectir sobre a pergunta se existe ou não tendências gerais na intersecção das artes marciais de combate e as concepções culturais sobre o sobrenatural. Apresentam-se, de seguida, os métodos e os antecedentes para explicar como se abordou a investigação. As fontes utilizadas limitaram-se aos séculos XVIII e XIX e também se limitaram geograficamente. As regiões que se incluíram foram o arquipélago japonês, China, África atlântica, as grandes planícies Norte-americanas e o subcontinente Índio. As cinco regiões foram seleccionadas aleatoriamente, sem que se tivéssemos a intenção de ser exaustivos. As explicações das evidências foram chamadas a discussão em termos de comparação. Apesar de provisória, a conclusão mais evidente é a de que a comparação cultural da intervenção do sobrenatural se combina com as artes marciais, nomeadamente nos casos onde no terreno se procura o poder físico, mas também o poder sociopolítico em conflitos assimétricos.

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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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