Transmission of Knowledge, Hierarchies, and Recognition in a Thai Boxing Gym in a Working-class Banlieue
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2014.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Based on an ethnographic study through participant observation and interviews in a Thai boxing gym in a working-class banlieue, this article analyses the modalities of the transmission of Thai boxing and its social effects. The learning process of Thai boxing is a form of socialization for the virile fractions of the working-class banlieue youth that brings them sport knowledge, ways of being, and a social status. I show the teaching and supervision of the trainers only begin to be mildly recognized by the municipality despite the gym’s long history.
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Based on an ethnographic study through participant observation and interviews in a Thai boxing gym in a working-class banlieue, this article analyses the modalities of the transmission of Thai boxing and its social effects. The learning process of Thai boxing is a form of socialization for the virile fractions of the working-class banlieue youth that brings them sport knowledge, ways of being, and a social status. I show the teaching and supervision of the trainers only begin to be mildly recognized by the municipality despite the gym’s long history.
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