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JONES, DAVID E. (ed.). Combat, ritual, and performance: anthropology of the martial arts. xiv, 242 pp., bibliogrs. London, Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002. [pounds sterling]40.99 (cloth)

Over the years, the anthropology of the martial arts has received relatively little scholarly attention, and this edited volume seeks to fill the yawning gap. The result, alas, is a mixture of the good, the bad, and the truly terrible (mostly the latter). Part of the problem with this vol...