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Feb 25, 2008 · "In Fighting for Honor, T. J. Desch-Obi has skillfully crafted the first survey of African American fighting styles that is both extensive in its discussion of the origins of African combat techniques and comprehensive in its study of how these techniques manifested in the Americas. This straightforward and engaging work reflects great depth of ...
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- M. Thomas J. Desch-Obi
- $54.99
- University of South Carolina Press
African Diaspora in South Carolina as well as the Atlantic World, will find Fighting for Honor to be a. meticulously well-thought-out book. The book does address that the Gullah people of South Carolina do, in fact, retain these martial arts and have developed communities from this shared cultural touchstone.
Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World. A groundbreaking investigation into the migration of martial arts techniques across continents and centuries. The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americas has long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, and religion. T.
The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americashas long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, andreligion. T. J. Desch-Obi explo...
Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Art Traditions in the Atlantic World Book collections on Project MUSE Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world, ISSN 2690-8603: Author: M. Thomas J. Desch-Obi: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press, 2008: ISBN: 1570037183, 9781570037184: Length: 346 pages: Subjects
Apr 12, 2021 · Throughout the study Desch-Obi examines the ties between physical mastery of these arts and changing perceptions of honor.Including forty-five illustrations, this rich history of the arrival and dissemination of African martial arts in the Atlantic world offers a new vantage for furthering our understanding of the powerful influence of enslaved ...
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The History of African Martial Art Traditions in the Atlantic World, by T.J. Desch Obi, Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2008, xviþ350 pp., $49.95, ISBN 978-1-57003-718-4 The book is a greatly revised version of the author’s doctoral dissertation at the University of California (2000).
