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When the body becomes all eyes : paradigms, discourses and practices of power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian martial art
Zarrilli, Phillip B.- ISBN0195655389
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- descriptionxxii, 310 pages : illustrations
- Cubao Branch
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-298) and index.
Content
- Introduction : repositioning the body, practice, power and self
- History, kingship and the heroic : Kalarippayattu and the invention of a past
- The ritual life of the Kalari and its deities : protecting and empowering the body-in-practice
- 'First the outer forms' : the physical body and the first fruits of practice
- 'Then the inner secrets' : the subtle body (Suksma Sarira), the vital energy (Prana-Vayu) and actualizing power (Sakti)