| Fighting as Real as It Gets: A Micro-Sociological Encounter 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Staack, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 3476049906 ISBN-13: 9783476049902 Publisher: J.B. Metzler OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| Series: Beiträge Zur Praxeologie / Contributions To Praxeology |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Michael Staack's multi-year ethnography is the first and only comprehensive social-scientific analysis of the combat sport 'Mixed Martial Arts'. Based on systematic training observations, the author meticulously analyses how Mixed Martial Arts practitioners conjointly create and immerse themselves into their own world of ultimate bodily combat. With his examination of concentrative technique demonstrations, cooperative technique train-ings, and chaotic sparring practices, Staack not only provides a sociological illumination of Mixed Martial Arts culture's defining theme - the quest of 'Fighting As Real As It Gets'. Rather further-more, he provides a compelling cultural-sociological case study on practical social constructions of 'authenticity'. |
