Les savoirs dans la salle de boxe thaï

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 viril...

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Main Author: Akim Oualhaci
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances 2014-12-01
Series:Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rac/3580
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1760-5393