Martial Arts Studies

JOMEC Journal

Call for Papers

Special Issue

Martial Arts Studies

The editors of the recent collection of essays, Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge (SUNY, 2012), propose that there is an emergent academic field that they call martial arts studies. Martial Arts Studies, they propose, is distinct from traditional histories, sociologies and anthropological studies of martial arts, even though it involves these areas. This is not least because of the complexity of the contemporary media saturated world, in which images, discourses, knowledges and practices circulate transnationally. This special themed issue of JOMEC Journal proposes that the field of martial arts studies must necessarily involve the study of film, media and global movements in popular culture, as much as the movements of history, peoples, and communities in terms of regional, national and ethnic cultures and practices. The editor invites contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners which seek to advance the field of martial arts studies. Approaches from any disciplinary background will be considered, but preference will be given to works which engage with problematics in the fields of media and cultural studies.

Submission guidelines:

·      Abstracts: 100-500 words

·      Deadline for abstracts: March 1^st 2013

·      Contributor details: 100-200 words (position, institution, publications, etc.)

·      Article Length: 6,000 words

·      Journal Referencing Style: Harvard

·      Publication date: 2014

Issue Editor: Paul Bowman: BowmanP@cf.ac.uk

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