The Wrestler's Body

Joseph S. Alter, The Wrestler's Body:
The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India

Everyone should atleast read chapter five, "The Discpline of the Wrestler's Body" (Specifically Jor)

 

WTF.

First . . . really confused person to read that and wonder why the heck you thought that interesting.

 

To each his own I suppose.

 

It is just so far off of the practical aspect of the sport. I read the chapter you suggested as well as skimmed some others and the author really comes off (to me at least) as a typical pointy headed intellectual who had to write a scholarly paper about something and this is what he came up with.

I've seen some Indian wrestling and it seemed fairly interesting but this monograph was pretty esoteric.

 

I think the author is just trying to touch base with all aspects of the sport, including the spiritual.

 

Yeah but he used too many big words. We all know cauliflower ear causes hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

 

lol, valid point.

 

Hi.

 

Hows it goin?

 

Good, you?

 

A/s/l?

 

idk my bff jill

 

well played

 

I think it's Rose.