ResumenSobre la base de la experiencia de campo de la autora en el estudio del arte marcial tradicional del sur de la India del kalarippayattu, este artículo examina las complejidades de la comunicación, incluyendo la utilización del tacto como herramienta educativa, en una relación intercultural profesor-alumno, y resalta cómo el género, la cultura y la clase tienen un impacto en el aprendizaje de esta forma de arte encarnado 1 . Palabras clave: Relaciones interculturales, relación profesor-alumno, gurú, discípulo, contacto físico, contacto verbal. Learning India's Martial Art of Kalarippayattu: Unsettled Ecologies of Gender, Class, Culture, and Ethnicity Abstract: Rooted in the author's field experience studying the traditional South Indian martial art kalarippayattu, this article examines the complexities of communication, including the use of touch as a teaching tool, in an intercultural teacher-student relationship, and surfaces how gender, culture, and class impacted learning in this embodied art form.
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