Author : Phillip B. Zarrilli
Release : 2000
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 384/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis When the Body Becomes All Eyes by : Phillip B. Zarrilli
Download or read book When the Body Becomes All Eyes written by Phillip B. Zarrilli. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth study of kalarippayattu - one of India's traditional martial and medical arts dating from at least the 12th century AD. Based on twenty years of research and practice in Kerala, this study traces how kalarippayattu is a mode of cultural practice through which bodies, knowledges, powers, agency, selves, and identities are constantly repositioned.