Is there a unique field of martial arts study?

[Bob]

Paul Bowman is director of postgraduate research studies in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. He has also authored many academic monographs, including Theorizing Bruce Lee (2010) and Beyond Bruce Lee (2013), and is on the editorial board of East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, among others. He has just authored a new book, Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries, published by Rowman & Littlefield. “Martial arts studies” is an emerging academic field rapidly gaining attention and interest. Many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage the martial arts in their own particular way. Bowman’s new book poses the question, “Is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies?” We spoke to Dr. Bowman in search of the answer.

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