Zarrilli, Phillip B. <br/><br/>
When the body becomes all eyes  : paradigms, discourses and practices of power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian martial art 
/ Phillip B. Zarrilli 
 - xxii, 310 pages :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-298) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : repositioning the body, practice, power and self History, kingship and the heroic : Kalarippayattu and the invention of a past The ritual life of the Kalari and its deities : protecting and empowering the body-in-practice 'First the outer forms' : the physical body and the first fruits of practice 'Then the inner secrets' : the subtle body (Suksma Sarira), the vital energy (Prana-Vayu) and actualizing power (Sakti) To heal and/or to harm : the vital spots of the body and practice When the 'body is all eyes' : attaining a state of transformative 'fury', 'doubtlessness' and 'mental power' Repositioning the body, practice, power and self in the ethnographic present 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195655389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Martial arts--India--Kerala<br/>Traditional medicine--India--Kerala
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613.7148