Yr Athro Paul Bowman
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BA (Hons), MA, PhD
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Rwy'n athro astudiaethau diwylliannol gyda diddordebau ac arbenigedd penodol mewn theori ddiwylliannol a diwylliant poblogaidd. O 2021-2024, roeddwn yn Gyfarwyddwr ein MA mewn Diwydiannau Diwylliannol a Chreadigol, ac yn Ddirprwy Bennaeth Ysgol (2021-26). Yn ddiweddar, rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn Gyfarwyddwr Recriwtio a Derbyniadau ac yn Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Moeseg Ymchwil.
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n dysgu modiwlau BA mewn 'Ffilm, y Cyfryngau a Theori Ddiwylliannol' a tan yn ddiweddar 'East Meets West in Film and Popular Culture'. Rhedodd yr olaf am y tro olaf yn 2026. O 2026 ymlaen, byddaf hefyd yn dysgu modiwl BA o'r enw 'Corff/Delwedd'.
Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu nifer o lyfrau ar sawl pwnc. Fy monograff ymchwil diweddaraf yw The Sublime Object of Orientalism: Asian Physical Culture in the West (Gwasg Prifysgol Hong Kong, 2026).
Fy monograff blaenorol oedd T he Invention of Martial Arts: Popular Culture Between Asia and America (Gwasg Prifysgol Rhydychen, 2021).
Yn gynnar yn 2026 ysgrifennais werslyfr sy'n wynebu myfyrwyr o'r enw The East in Western Media: A Critical Introduction. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n cyd-ysgrifennu un arall, gydag Alex Channon, o'r enw A Critical Introduction to Martial Arts Studies.
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n ymchwilio ac yn ysgrifennu am y berthynas rhwng cyfryngau, ymarfer corff, affect, ac ymgorfforiad.
Cyn hyn, gweithiais i ddatblygu maes Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd. Yn 2015, sefydlais y Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd, gan drefnu cynadleddau rhyngwladol blynyddol a chyhoeddi'r cyfnodolyn academaidd, Martial Arts Studies, drwy Wasg Prifysgol Caerdydd.
Yn ystod pandemig 2020, dechreuais y Podlediad Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd. Roedd hyn yn boblogaidd iawn, felly fe wnes i ei barhau. Mae ar gael trwy bob prif allfa podlediad a hefyd gyda fideo ar Sianel YouTube Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd. Er fy mod i'n ei reoli, roedd y podlediad yn cyhoeddi penodau newydd bob pythefnos. O ganol 2025, mae wedi symud i un bennod y mis.
Yn 2023, ar sail twf a llwyddiant rhyngwladol y Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd, yn enwedig o ystyried yr angen am strwythur trefnu mwy ffurfiol, helpais i sefydlu'r Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd . Ers hynny rydw i wedi camu'n ôl o strwythurau sefydliadol Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd, ond rwy'n dal i ymwneud â'r maes.
Cyhoeddwyd un o'm monograffau, Deconstructing Martial Arts, gan Wasg Prifysgol Caerdydd ac mae ar gael am ddim ar-lein, yma: https://cardiffuniversitypress.org/site/books/10.18573/book1/
Rwyf wedi bod yn gefnogwr lleisiol o rannu ymchwil academaidd mynediad agored. Er mwyn hyrwyddo'r mudiad hwn, yn 2012 cynigiais sefydlu gwasg mynediad agored, a dechreuais weithio gydag aelodau allweddol o Brifysgol Caerdydd i sefydlu gwasg brifysgol newydd. Daeth hyn yn Wasg Prifysgol Caerdydd, a gweithredais i ddechrau fel Prif Olygydd ac yna'n Gadeirydd. Rwy'n parhau i fod ar fwrdd Gwasg Prifysgol Caerdydd.
Rwy'n aelod o fwrdd golygyddol neu banel cynghori nifer o gyfnodolion astudiaethau diwylliannol, theori ddiwylliannol, diwylliant poblogaidd, astudiaethau crefft ymladd, ac ymchwil ymgorfforedig. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n dysgu modiwlau BA ar ffilm, theori ddiwylliannol, diwylliant y cyfryngau, y corff a diwylliant corfforol. Rwy'n goruchwylio PhD ar ystod o feysydd, gan gynnwys ffilm, rhyw, ethnigrwydd, ôl-drefedigaeth, globaleiddio, hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol a gwleidyddiaeth ddiwylliannol, yn ogystal ag agweddau ar ddiwylliant corfforol.
O fewn JOMEC, rwyf hefyd yn Gyfarwyddwr y Grŵp Ymchwil Cyfryngau, Diwylliant a Chreadigrwydd.
Rwy'n goruchwylio prosiectau PhD sy'n cynnwys unrhyw un neu bob un o'r canlynol: theori ddiwylliannol, crefft ymladd, diwylliant poblogaidd, diwylliant cyfryngau, diwylliant corfforol, ac ymarfer corff. Fodd bynnag, nid oes gennyf unrhyw ddiddordebau nac arbenigedd mewn chwaraeon.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Bowman, P. 2026. The East in Western media: a critical introduction. Routledge. (10.4324/9781003745600)
- Bowman, P. and Cota, M. 2026. Paul Bowman: <
>, entrevista por Gabriela Méndez Cota [Interview]. [Online].Bellas Letras. (10.17613/nnnh1-7cp17)Available at: https://doi.org/10.17613/nnnh1-7cp17. - Moore, K. , Bowman, P. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2026. Bio-intimacy in stem cell transplant for acute myeloid leukaemia. Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry 3 (3), pp.73-90.
- Bowman, P. 2026. Imagined somaesthetics and the analysis of embodied ideology. Martial Arts Studies 20 , pp.105-116. (10.18573/mas.244)
- Bowman, P. 2026. The sublime object of Orientalism: Asian physical culture in the West. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2026. Somacoloniality : Three figures of embodied postcolonial affect (Indian Clubs, Gadas, and Heavy Clubs). Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 5 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1080/27690148.2025.2577434)
- Morin, C. and Bowman, P. 2026. Reading the subreddit: Shame, restorative care and deradicalizing from the manosphere. In: Finlay, C. J. and Wenner, L. A. eds. Communication and the Crises of Masculinity: Beyond Man Shaming and Men Flaming. Routledge
2025
- Bowman, P. 2025. Self-defence as ideology: myth, masculinity, and the epistemology of ignorance. Martial Arts Studies 18 , pp.65-77. (10.18573/mas.284)
- Bowman, P. 2025. Orientalist fever: Qigong and orientalism, East and West. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 4 (2), pp.129-146. (10.1080/27690148.2025.2482567)
2024
- Bowman, P. 2024. Bruce Lee: Effective and affective action techniques. In: Barrowman, K. ed. Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. Translated from the original by K. Barrowman London: Bloomsbury Academic. , pp.41-60. (10.5040/9781350365780.ch-002)
- Bowman, P. 2024. Feel the difference: The Dantian, cultural difference, and sensory remapping. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 3 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1080/27690148.2024.2327985)
2023
- Bowman, P. 2023. The birth of British self-defence: 1604-1904. Martial Arts Studies (14), pp.52-65. 5. (10.18573/mas.182)
- Bowman, P. et al. 2023. Editorial: The mirrored maze of Martial Arts Studies: From research network to scholarly association. Martial Arts Studies 2023 (14), pp.1-10. (10.18573/mas.186)
- Bowman, P. , Aziz, I. and Ma, X. 2023. Translating tai chi and transforming qigong in British media culture. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 2023 (Sept), pp.173-190. (10.1386/eapc_00106_1)
- Bowman, P. 2023. Daryl Joji Maeda, Like water: a cultural history of Bruce Lee [Book review]. American Literary History 35 (2), pp.1097-1099. (10.1093/alh/ajad067)
- Bowman, P. 2023. BJJ's diary: The emergence of a new normal. Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry 3 (1), pp.90-98.
- Bowman, P. et al. 2023. Martial Arts Studies, issue 13, Editorial. Martial Arts Studies (13), pp.1-5. 1. (10.18573/mas.172)
2021
- Meyer, M. J. et al., 2021. Martial arts in the pandemic. Martial Arts Studies (11), pp.7-31. (10.18573/mas.134)
- Bowman, P. 2021. The invention of martial arts: popular culture between Asia and America. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
- Bowman, P. and Ma, X. 2021. 亚洲传统武术“ 正宗性冶淤的发明 [The invention of "authenticity" in traditional Asian martial arts]. Journal of Chengdu Sport University 47 (2), pp.136-142. (10.15942/j.jcsu.2021.02.022)
2020
- Bowman, P. 2020. Metamorphoses of martial arts: meditations on motivations and motive forces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martial Arts Studies (10), pp.128-140. (10.18573/mas.119)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2020. Five years and twelve months that changed the study of martial arts forever [Editorial]. Martial Arts Studies (10), pp.1-8. (10.18573/mas.117)
- Bowman, P. 2020. From chop suey to chop-socky: the construction of Chineseness in British television adverts. JOMEC Journal 15 , pp.1-29. (10.18573/jomec.198)
- Bowman, P. 2020. The tradition of invention: on authenticity in traditional Asian martial arts. In: Lewin, D. and Kenklies, K. eds. East Asian Pedagogies: Education as Formation and Transformation Across Cultures and Borders. Vol. 15, Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education Springer. , pp.205-225. (10.1007/978-3-030-45673-3_14)
- Bowman, P. 2020. In authentic relations: traditional Asian martial arts, east and west. In: Hong, F. and Zhouxiang, L. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia. London: Routledge. , pp.11-19.
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2020. Spring 2020 Editorial. Martial Arts Studies (9), pp.1-5. (10.18573/mas.97)
- Bowman, P. 2020. Guest Editorial: Open access publishing. The British Student Doctor Journal 4 (1), pp.3-4. (10.18573/bsdj.142)
- Bowman, J. 2020. In toxic hating masculinity: MMA hard men and media representation. Sport in History 40 (3), pp.395-410. (10.1080/17460263.2020.1756394)
2019
- Bowman, P. 2019. Game of text: Bruce Lee's media legacies. Global Media and China 4 (3), pp.325-338. (10.1177/2059436419869565)
- Barrowman, K. and Bowman, P. 2019. Editorial: Bruce Lee's martial legacies. Martial Arts Studies 8 , pp.1-4. (10.18573/mas.81)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Fighting over Bruce Lee. Martial Arts Studies 8 , pp.29-48. (10.18573/mas.82)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Deconstructing martial arts. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book1)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Mindfulness and madness in Martial Arts philosophy. JOMAR: Journal of Martial Arts Research 2 (1), pp.1-17.
- Bowman, P. 2019. The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies. Global Discourse / Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought 9 (2), pp.329-345. (10.1332/204378919X15526540593598)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Fighting talk: Martial Arts discourse in mainstream films. JOMEC Journal 13 , pp.30-50. (10.18573/jomec.186)
- Judkins, B. N. and Bowman, P. 2019. Editorial: Open issues and issues as they open. Martial Arts Studies 7 , pp.1-4. (10.18573/mas.76)
- Bowman, P. 2019. The Martial Arts supremacy: Action film and fight choreography. In: Kendrick, J. ed. A Companion to the Action film. John Wiley and Sons. , pp.227-240.
2018
- Bowman, P. ed. 2018. The Martial Arts Studies reader. Martial Arts Studies Rowman & Littlefield International.
- Bowman, P. 2018. Embodiment as embodiment of. In: Leigh, J. ed. Conversations on embodiment across higher education: Teaching, practice and research. Routledge. , pp.11-23.
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. eds. 2018. Martial Arts Studies. Issue 6: New research on Japanese Martial Arts. Vol. 6Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/mas.i6)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. 2018. Editorial: New research on Japanese Martial Arts. Martial Arts Studies 6 , pp.1-5. 1. (10.18573/mas.70)
- Bowman, P. et al. 2018. Editorial. JOMEC Journal (12), pp.1-4. (10.18573/jomec.168)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2018. Show, don't tell: Making martial arts studies matter. Martial Arts Studies 5 , pp.1-14. (10.18573/mas.46)
2017
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2017. Editorial: Is martial arts studies trivial?. Martial Arts Studies 4 , pp.1-16. (10.18573/j.2017.10183)
- Bowman, P. 2017. The definition of Martial Arts Studies. Martial Arts Studies 3 , pp.6-23. (10.18573/j.2017.10092)
- Judkins, B. N. and Bowman, P. 2017. Editorial. Martial Arts Studies 3 , pp.1-5. (10.18573/j.2017.10112)
- Bowman, P. 2017. What can a martial body do for society? Or, theory before definition in Martial Arts Studies. Presented at: Martial Arts and Society Conference - On the Societal Relevance of Martial Arts, Combat Sports and Self-Defense German Sport University, Cologne, Germany 6-8 October 2016.
2016
- Bowman, P. 2016. The intimate schoolmaster and the ignorant sifu: Poststructuralism, Bruce Lee, and the ignorance of everyday radical pedagogy. Philosophy and Rhetoric 49 (4), pp.549-570. (10.5325/philrhet.49.4.0549)
- Bowman, P. 2016. Making martial arts history matter. International Journal of the History of Sport 33 (9), pp.915-933. (10.1080/09523367.2016.1212842)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2016. Editorial: The invention of Martial Arts. Martial Arts Studies 2 , pp.1-5. (10.18573/j.2016.10061)
- Bowman, P. 2016. Poststructuralism. In: The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Vol. 1, [Poststructuralism]. London: Wiley. , pp.1-5. (10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc214)
- Bowman, P. 2016. Mythologies of martial arts. Rowman & Littlefield International.
2015
- Bowman, P. 2015. Asking the question: Is martial arts studies an academic field?. Martial Arts Studies 1 , pp.3-19. (10.18573/j.2015.10015)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2015. Editorial. Martial Arts Studies 1 , pp.1-2. (10.18573/j.2015.10014)
- Bowman, P. 2015. Martial arts studies: disrupting disciplinary boundaries. Disruptions London: Rowman and Littlefield International.
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. eds. 2015. Martial Arts Studies: issue 1. Martial Arts Studies Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/n.2015.10013)
2014
- Bowman, P. 2014. Editorial: Martial arts studies. JOMEC Journal (5), pp.Jun 14. (10.18573/j.2014.10262)
- Bowman, P. 2014. Instituting reality in martial arts practice. JOMEC Journal (5) 4. (10.18573/j.2014.10266)
- Bowman, P. 2014. Sex and race go pop. In: Machin, D. ed. Visual Communication. Handbooks of Communication Science De Gruyter. , pp.153-171.
2013
- Bowman, P. 2013. Editorial. JOMEC Journal (3)(10.18573/j.2013.10238)
- Bowman, P. ed. 2013. Rancière and film. Critical Connections Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Autodidactics of Bits: Cultural studies and the partition of the pedagogical. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45 (6), pp.663-680. (10.1080/00131857.2012.723889)
- Bowman, P. 2013. Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the dragon through film, philosophy and popular culture. Wallflower Press.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Popular cultural pedagogy, in theory; Or: What can cultural theory learn about learning from popular culture?. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45 (6), pp.601-609. (10.1080/00131857.2012.723884)
- Bowman, P. 2013. Rancière and the disciplines. In: Bowman, P. ed. Rancière and Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.1-19.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Reading Rey Chow: Visuality, postcoloniality, ethnicity, sexuality. NewYork, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Reception(s) of theory. In: Dillet, B. , Mackenzie, I. and Porter, R. eds. The Edinburgh Companion to Poststructuralism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.445-470.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Universalism and particularism in mediatized martial arts. Presented at: Universalism and Particularism in Postcolonial Media Theory Braunschweig, Germany 16-18 May 2013.
2012
- Bowman, P. 2012. Culture and the media. Key Concerns in Media Studies Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Film culture crossover: Film fight choreography and the east/west binary after Bruce Lee. Ctrl-Z: New Media Philosophy 2012 (1) 9.
- Bowman, P. 2012. How to not read Zizek. In: Johnson, M. T. ed. The Legacy of Marxism : Contemporary Challenges, Conflicts, and Developments. New York, NY: Continuum International Publishing Group. , pp.57-74.
- Bowman, P. 2012. I know kung fu!? or: when Orientalism is a good thing. Presented at: ACS Crossroads Conference Paris, France July 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Keeping it unreal: researching mediatized martial arts. Presented at: Researching Martial Arts in the Media and in the Gym Cardiff , UK 9 March 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Rancière and the disciplines. Presented at: ACS Crossroads Conference Paris, France July 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Reconnecting political disconnection [Editorial]. JOMEC Journal (1), pp.1-4. (10.18573/j.2012.10217)
2011
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. eds. 2011. Reading Ranciere. London and New York: Continuum. (10.5040/9781472547378)
- Bowman, P. 2011. How not to read Žižek: a reply to Slavoj Žižek’s Theory of Revolution: A Critique by Alan Johnson. Global Discourse 2 (1)
- Bowman, P. 2011. Spectres of Bruce Lee. Presented at: Asian Exposure: East Asian Cinema in a global context Coventry University 11-12 Feb, 2011.
- Bowman, P. 2011. Spectres of Bruce Lee. UZAK 3 (11)
- Bowman, P. Bernardi, F. ed. 2011. Studi culturali. Teoria, intervento, cultura pop. Culture Segni Comunicazione Progedit.
- Bowman, P. 2011. The Fantasy Corpus of Martial Arts, or, The “Communication” of Bruce Lee. In: Farrer, D. S. and Whalen-Bridge, J. eds. Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World. New York: State University of New York Press. , pp.61-96.
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. 2011. Introduction: a critical dissensus. In: Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. eds. Reading Ranciere: Critical Dissensus. London: Continuum. , pp.xi.
2010
- Bowman, P. ed. 2010. The Rey Chow reader. New York: Columbia University Press. (10.7312/bowm14994)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Cut the shock doctrine, radicalize common sense. Culture Machine 2010 , pp.1-12.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Deconstruction is a martial Art. In: Houppermans, S. , Sneller, R. and Zilfhout, P. v. eds. Enduring Resistance = La Resistance Persevere : cultural theory after Derrida. Faux Titre Vol. 348.Amsterdam: Rodopi. , pp.37-56.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Jeet Kune Do. In: Green, T. A. and Svinth, J. R. eds. Martial Arts of the World: an Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. Vol. 2, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. , pp.479-484.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Reading Rey Chow. Postcolonial Studies 13 (3), pp.239-253. (10.1080/13688790.2010.508814)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Rey Chow and postcolonial social semiotics. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.329-341. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494386)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Rey Chow, postcoloniality and interdisciplinarity. Postcolonial Studies 13 (3), pp.231-238. (10.1080/13688790.2010.508813)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Sick man of transl-Asia: Bruce Lee and Rey Chow's queer cultural translation. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.393-409. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494393)
- Bowman, P. 2010. The globalization of martial arts. In: Green, T. A. and Svinth, J. R. eds. Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO. , pp.435-520.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-fantasy-fighting-philosophy. Contemporary Cinema Vol. 5Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Chow, R. and Bowman, P. 2010. An interview with Rey Chow. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.457-467. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494397)
2009
- Bowman, P. 2009. Aberrant Pedagogies: JR, QT and Bruce Lee. Borderlands e Journal 8 (2)
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. 2009. Jacques Rancière: in disagreement. Parallax 15 (3), pp.1-2. (10.1080/13534640902982520)
2008
- Bowman, P. 2008. Alterdisciplinarity. Culture, Theory and Critique 49 (1), pp.93-110. (10.1080/14735780802024281)
- Bowman, P. 2008. Deconstructing popular culture. Palgrave. (10.1007/978-0-230-22924-2)
2007
- Bowman, P. ed. 2007. The truth of Zizek. Continuum.
- Bowman, P. 2007. Post-Marxism versus cultural studies: theory, politics and intervention. Taking on the Political Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2007. This disagreement is not one: The populisms of Laclau, Rancière and Arditi. Social Semiotics 17 (4), pp.539-545. (10.1080/10350330701637114)
2003
- Bowman, P. ed. 2003. Interrogating cultural studies: theory, politics and practice. Pluto Press. (10.2307/j.ctt18dzskq)
- Bowman, P. 2003. Promiscuous fidelity to revolution, or, revaluing "revolutionary' left intellectualism. Contemporary Politics 9 (1), pp.33-44. (10.1080/1356977032000072495)
2001
- Bowman, P. 2001. Between responsibility and irresponsibility: cultural studies and the price of fish. Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics 14 (2), pp.277-291. (10.1080/10402130120088811)
- Bowman, P. 2001. Proper impropriety: The proper-ties of cultural studies (Some more aphorisms, apriorisms, and aporias). Parallax 7 (2), pp.50-65. (10.1080/13534640110037813)
2000
- Mowitt, J. and Bowman, P. 2000. ?- perhaps even violently, via the jolts of fashion-?: An Interview by Paul Bowman. Parallax 6 (2), pp.9-27. (10.1080/13534640050083765)
1999
- Laclau, E. and Bowman, P. 1999. Politics, polemics and academics: an interview by Paul Bowman. Parallax 5 (2), pp.93-107. (10.1080/135346499249722)
1998
- Bowman, P. 1998. Deconstructing pragmatism: A war of position (A book discussion). Parallax 4 (4), pp.141-145. (10.1080/135346498250064)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Morin, C. and Bowman, P. 2026. Reading the subreddit: Shame, restorative care and deradicalizing from the manosphere. In: Finlay, C. J. and Wenner, L. A. eds. Communication and the Crises of Masculinity: Beyond Man Shaming and Men Flaming. Routledge
- Bowman, P. 2024. Bruce Lee: Effective and affective action techniques. In: Barrowman, K. ed. Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. Translated from the original by K. Barrowman London: Bloomsbury Academic. , pp.41-60. (10.5040/9781350365780.ch-002)
- Bowman, P. 2020. The tradition of invention: on authenticity in traditional Asian martial arts. In: Lewin, D. and Kenklies, K. eds. East Asian Pedagogies: Education as Formation and Transformation Across Cultures and Borders. Vol. 15, Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education Springer. , pp.205-225. (10.1007/978-3-030-45673-3_14)
- Bowman, P. 2020. In authentic relations: traditional Asian martial arts, east and west. In: Hong, F. and Zhouxiang, L. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia. London: Routledge. , pp.11-19.
- Bowman, P. 2019. The Martial Arts supremacy: Action film and fight choreography. In: Kendrick, J. ed. A Companion to the Action film. John Wiley and Sons. , pp.227-240.
- Bowman, P. 2018. Embodiment as embodiment of. In: Leigh, J. ed. Conversations on embodiment across higher education: Teaching, practice and research. Routledge. , pp.11-23.
- Bowman, P. 2016. Poststructuralism. In: The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Vol. 1, [Poststructuralism]. London: Wiley. , pp.1-5. (10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc214)
- Bowman, P. 2014. Sex and race go pop. In: Machin, D. ed. Visual Communication. Handbooks of Communication Science De Gruyter. , pp.153-171.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Rancière and the disciplines. In: Bowman, P. ed. Rancière and Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.1-19.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Reception(s) of theory. In: Dillet, B. , Mackenzie, I. and Porter, R. eds. The Edinburgh Companion to Poststructuralism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. , pp.445-470.
- Bowman, P. 2012. How to not read Zizek. In: Johnson, M. T. ed. The Legacy of Marxism : Contemporary Challenges, Conflicts, and Developments. New York, NY: Continuum International Publishing Group. , pp.57-74.
- Bowman, P. 2011. The Fantasy Corpus of Martial Arts, or, The “Communication” of Bruce Lee. In: Farrer, D. S. and Whalen-Bridge, J. eds. Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World. New York: State University of New York Press. , pp.61-96.
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. 2011. Introduction: a critical dissensus. In: Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. eds. Reading Ranciere: Critical Dissensus. London: Continuum. , pp.xi.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Deconstruction is a martial Art. In: Houppermans, S. , Sneller, R. and Zilfhout, P. v. eds. Enduring Resistance = La Resistance Persevere : cultural theory after Derrida. Faux Titre Vol. 348.Amsterdam: Rodopi. , pp.37-56.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Jeet Kune Do. In: Green, T. A. and Svinth, J. R. eds. Martial Arts of the World: an Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. Vol. 2, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. , pp.479-484.
- Bowman, P. 2010. The globalization of martial arts. In: Green, T. A. and Svinth, J. R. eds. Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO. , pp.435-520.
Cynadleddau
- Bowman, P. 2017. What can a martial body do for society? Or, theory before definition in Martial Arts Studies. Presented at: Martial Arts and Society Conference - On the Societal Relevance of Martial Arts, Combat Sports and Self-Defense German Sport University, Cologne, Germany 6-8 October 2016.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Universalism and particularism in mediatized martial arts. Presented at: Universalism and Particularism in Postcolonial Media Theory Braunschweig, Germany 16-18 May 2013.
- Bowman, P. 2012. I know kung fu!? or: when Orientalism is a good thing. Presented at: ACS Crossroads Conference Paris, France July 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Keeping it unreal: researching mediatized martial arts. Presented at: Researching Martial Arts in the Media and in the Gym Cardiff , UK 9 March 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Rancière and the disciplines. Presented at: ACS Crossroads Conference Paris, France July 2012.
- Bowman, P. 2011. Spectres of Bruce Lee. Presented at: Asian Exposure: East Asian Cinema in a global context Coventry University 11-12 Feb, 2011.
Erthyglau
- Moore, K. , Bowman, P. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2026. Bio-intimacy in stem cell transplant for acute myeloid leukaemia. Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry 3 (3), pp.73-90.
- Bowman, P. 2026. Imagined somaesthetics and the analysis of embodied ideology. Martial Arts Studies 20 , pp.105-116. (10.18573/mas.244)
- Bowman, P. 2026. Somacoloniality : Three figures of embodied postcolonial affect (Indian Clubs, Gadas, and Heavy Clubs). Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 5 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1080/27690148.2025.2577434)
- Bowman, P. 2025. Self-defence as ideology: myth, masculinity, and the epistemology of ignorance. Martial Arts Studies 18 , pp.65-77. (10.18573/mas.284)
- Bowman, P. 2025. Orientalist fever: Qigong and orientalism, East and West. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 4 (2), pp.129-146. (10.1080/27690148.2025.2482567)
- Bowman, P. 2024. Feel the difference: The Dantian, cultural difference, and sensory remapping. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture 3 (1), pp.1-19. (10.1080/27690148.2024.2327985)
- Bowman, P. 2023. The birth of British self-defence: 1604-1904. Martial Arts Studies (14), pp.52-65. 5. (10.18573/mas.182)
- Bowman, P. et al. 2023. Editorial: The mirrored maze of Martial Arts Studies: From research network to scholarly association. Martial Arts Studies 2023 (14), pp.1-10. (10.18573/mas.186)
- Bowman, P. , Aziz, I. and Ma, X. 2023. Translating tai chi and transforming qigong in British media culture. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 2023 (Sept), pp.173-190. (10.1386/eapc_00106_1)
- Bowman, P. 2023. Daryl Joji Maeda, Like water: a cultural history of Bruce Lee [Book review]. American Literary History 35 (2), pp.1097-1099. (10.1093/alh/ajad067)
- Bowman, P. 2023. BJJ's diary: The emergence of a new normal. Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry 3 (1), pp.90-98.
- Bowman, P. et al. 2023. Martial Arts Studies, issue 13, Editorial. Martial Arts Studies (13), pp.1-5. 1. (10.18573/mas.172)
- Meyer, M. J. et al., 2021. Martial arts in the pandemic. Martial Arts Studies (11), pp.7-31. (10.18573/mas.134)
- Bowman, P. and Ma, X. 2021. 亚洲传统武术“ 正宗性冶淤的发明 [The invention of "authenticity" in traditional Asian martial arts]. Journal of Chengdu Sport University 47 (2), pp.136-142. (10.15942/j.jcsu.2021.02.022)
- Bowman, P. 2020. Metamorphoses of martial arts: meditations on motivations and motive forces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martial Arts Studies (10), pp.128-140. (10.18573/mas.119)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2020. Five years and twelve months that changed the study of martial arts forever [Editorial]. Martial Arts Studies (10), pp.1-8. (10.18573/mas.117)
- Bowman, P. 2020. From chop suey to chop-socky: the construction of Chineseness in British television adverts. JOMEC Journal 15 , pp.1-29. (10.18573/jomec.198)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2020. Spring 2020 Editorial. Martial Arts Studies (9), pp.1-5. (10.18573/mas.97)
- Bowman, P. 2020. Guest Editorial: Open access publishing. The British Student Doctor Journal 4 (1), pp.3-4. (10.18573/bsdj.142)
- Bowman, J. 2020. In toxic hating masculinity: MMA hard men and media representation. Sport in History 40 (3), pp.395-410. (10.1080/17460263.2020.1756394)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Game of text: Bruce Lee's media legacies. Global Media and China 4 (3), pp.325-338. (10.1177/2059436419869565)
- Barrowman, K. and Bowman, P. 2019. Editorial: Bruce Lee's martial legacies. Martial Arts Studies 8 , pp.1-4. (10.18573/mas.81)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Fighting over Bruce Lee. Martial Arts Studies 8 , pp.29-48. (10.18573/mas.82)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Mindfulness and madness in Martial Arts philosophy. JOMAR: Journal of Martial Arts Research 2 (1), pp.1-17.
- Bowman, P. 2019. The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies. Global Discourse / Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought 9 (2), pp.329-345. (10.1332/204378919X15526540593598)
- Bowman, P. 2019. Fighting talk: Martial Arts discourse in mainstream films. JOMEC Journal 13 , pp.30-50. (10.18573/jomec.186)
- Judkins, B. N. and Bowman, P. 2019. Editorial: Open issues and issues as they open. Martial Arts Studies 7 , pp.1-4. (10.18573/mas.76)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. 2018. Editorial: New research on Japanese Martial Arts. Martial Arts Studies 6 , pp.1-5. 1. (10.18573/mas.70)
- Bowman, P. et al. 2018. Editorial. JOMEC Journal (12), pp.1-4. (10.18573/jomec.168)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2018. Show, don't tell: Making martial arts studies matter. Martial Arts Studies 5 , pp.1-14. (10.18573/mas.46)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2017. Editorial: Is martial arts studies trivial?. Martial Arts Studies 4 , pp.1-16. (10.18573/j.2017.10183)
- Bowman, P. 2017. The definition of Martial Arts Studies. Martial Arts Studies 3 , pp.6-23. (10.18573/j.2017.10092)
- Judkins, B. N. and Bowman, P. 2017. Editorial. Martial Arts Studies 3 , pp.1-5. (10.18573/j.2017.10112)
- Bowman, P. 2016. The intimate schoolmaster and the ignorant sifu: Poststructuralism, Bruce Lee, and the ignorance of everyday radical pedagogy. Philosophy and Rhetoric 49 (4), pp.549-570. (10.5325/philrhet.49.4.0549)
- Bowman, P. 2016. Making martial arts history matter. International Journal of the History of Sport 33 (9), pp.915-933. (10.1080/09523367.2016.1212842)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2016. Editorial: The invention of Martial Arts. Martial Arts Studies 2 , pp.1-5. (10.18573/j.2016.10061)
- Bowman, P. 2015. Asking the question: Is martial arts studies an academic field?. Martial Arts Studies 1 , pp.3-19. (10.18573/j.2015.10015)
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. 2015. Editorial. Martial Arts Studies 1 , pp.1-2. (10.18573/j.2015.10014)
- Bowman, P. 2014. Editorial: Martial arts studies. JOMEC Journal (5), pp.Jun 14. (10.18573/j.2014.10262)
- Bowman, P. 2014. Instituting reality in martial arts practice. JOMEC Journal (5) 4. (10.18573/j.2014.10266)
- Bowman, P. 2013. Editorial. JOMEC Journal (3)(10.18573/j.2013.10238)
- Bowman, P. 2013. Autodidactics of Bits: Cultural studies and the partition of the pedagogical. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45 (6), pp.663-680. (10.1080/00131857.2012.723889)
- Bowman, P. 2013. Popular cultural pedagogy, in theory; Or: What can cultural theory learn about learning from popular culture?. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45 (6), pp.601-609. (10.1080/00131857.2012.723884)
- Bowman, P. 2012. Film culture crossover: Film fight choreography and the east/west binary after Bruce Lee. Ctrl-Z: New Media Philosophy 2012 (1) 9.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Reconnecting political disconnection [Editorial]. JOMEC Journal (1), pp.1-4. (10.18573/j.2012.10217)
- Bowman, P. 2011. How not to read Žižek: a reply to Slavoj Žižek’s Theory of Revolution: A Critique by Alan Johnson. Global Discourse 2 (1)
- Bowman, P. 2011. Spectres of Bruce Lee. UZAK 3 (11)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Cut the shock doctrine, radicalize common sense. Culture Machine 2010 , pp.1-12.
- Bowman, P. 2010. Reading Rey Chow. Postcolonial Studies 13 (3), pp.239-253. (10.1080/13688790.2010.508814)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Rey Chow and postcolonial social semiotics. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.329-341. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494386)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Rey Chow, postcoloniality and interdisciplinarity. Postcolonial Studies 13 (3), pp.231-238. (10.1080/13688790.2010.508813)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Sick man of transl-Asia: Bruce Lee and Rey Chow's queer cultural translation. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.393-409. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494393)
- Chow, R. and Bowman, P. 2010. An interview with Rey Chow. Social Semiotics 20 (4), pp.457-467. (10.1080/10350330.2010.494397)
- Bowman, P. 2009. Aberrant Pedagogies: JR, QT and Bruce Lee. Borderlands e Journal 8 (2)
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. 2009. Jacques Rancière: in disagreement. Parallax 15 (3), pp.1-2. (10.1080/13534640902982520)
- Bowman, P. 2008. Alterdisciplinarity. Culture, Theory and Critique 49 (1), pp.93-110. (10.1080/14735780802024281)
- Bowman, P. 2007. This disagreement is not one: The populisms of Laclau, Rancière and Arditi. Social Semiotics 17 (4), pp.539-545. (10.1080/10350330701637114)
- Bowman, P. 2003. Promiscuous fidelity to revolution, or, revaluing "revolutionary' left intellectualism. Contemporary Politics 9 (1), pp.33-44. (10.1080/1356977032000072495)
- Bowman, P. 2001. Between responsibility and irresponsibility: cultural studies and the price of fish. Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics 14 (2), pp.277-291. (10.1080/10402130120088811)
- Bowman, P. 2001. Proper impropriety: The proper-ties of cultural studies (Some more aphorisms, apriorisms, and aporias). Parallax 7 (2), pp.50-65. (10.1080/13534640110037813)
- Mowitt, J. and Bowman, P. 2000. ?- perhaps even violently, via the jolts of fashion-?: An Interview by Paul Bowman. Parallax 6 (2), pp.9-27. (10.1080/13534640050083765)
- Laclau, E. and Bowman, P. 1999. Politics, polemics and academics: an interview by Paul Bowman. Parallax 5 (2), pp.93-107. (10.1080/135346499249722)
- Bowman, P. 1998. Deconstructing pragmatism: A war of position (A book discussion). Parallax 4 (4), pp.141-145. (10.1080/135346498250064)
Gwefannau
- Bowman, P. and Cota, M. 2026. Paul Bowman: <
>, entrevista por Gabriela Méndez Cota [Interview]. [Online].Bellas Letras. (10.17613/nnnh1-7cp17)Available at: https://doi.org/10.17613/nnnh1-7cp17.
Llyfrau
- Bowman, P. 2026. The East in Western media: a critical introduction. Routledge. (10.4324/9781003745600)
- Bowman, P. 2026. The sublime object of Orientalism: Asian physical culture in the West. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2021. The invention of martial arts: popular culture between Asia and America. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2019. Deconstructing martial arts. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book1)
- Bowman, P. ed. 2018. The Martial Arts Studies reader. Martial Arts Studies Rowman & Littlefield International.
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. N. eds. 2018. Martial Arts Studies. Issue 6: New research on Japanese Martial Arts. Vol. 6Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/mas.i6)
- Bowman, P. 2016. Mythologies of martial arts. Rowman & Littlefield International.
- Bowman, P. 2015. Martial arts studies: disrupting disciplinary boundaries. Disruptions London: Rowman and Littlefield International.
- Bowman, P. and Judkins, B. eds. 2015. Martial Arts Studies: issue 1. Martial Arts Studies Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/n.2015.10013)
- Bowman, P. ed. 2013. Rancière and film. Critical Connections Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the dragon through film, philosophy and popular culture. Wallflower Press.
- Bowman, P. 2013. Reading Rey Chow: Visuality, postcoloniality, ethnicity, sexuality. NewYork, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Bowman, P. 2012. Culture and the media. Key Concerns in Media Studies Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bowman, P. and Stamp, R. eds. 2011. Reading Ranciere. London and New York: Continuum. (10.5040/9781472547378)
- Bowman, P. Bernardi, F. ed. 2011. Studi culturali. Teoria, intervento, cultura pop. Culture Segni Comunicazione Progedit.
- Bowman, P. ed. 2010. The Rey Chow reader. New York: Columbia University Press. (10.7312/bowm14994)
- Bowman, P. 2010. Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-fantasy-fighting-philosophy. Contemporary Cinema Vol. 5Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Bowman, P. 2008. Deconstructing popular culture. Palgrave. (10.1007/978-0-230-22924-2)
- Bowman, P. ed. 2007. The truth of Zizek. Continuum.
- Bowman, P. 2007. Post-Marxism versus cultural studies: theory, politics and intervention. Taking on the Political Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Bowman, P. ed. 2003. Interrogating cultural studies: theory, politics and practice. Pluto Press. (10.2307/j.ctt18dzskq)
Ymchwil
Rwy'n ymchwilio'n eang ym meysydd diwylliant cyfryngau a diwylliant corfforol, ac wedi cyhoeddi'n helaeth ym maes astudiaethau crefft ymladd. Rwyf hefyd wedi cyhoeddi ym meysydd astudiaethau diwylliannol, theori ddiwylliannol a meysydd astudiaethau ôl-drefedigaethol.
Rwy'n goruchwylio prosiectau PhD sy'n cynnwys unrhyw un neu bob un o'r canlynol: theori ddiwylliannol, cyfryngau a diwylliant corfforol, ymarfer corff (ond nid chwaraeon).
Yn ystod pandemig 2020 a'r cyfnod clo, dechreuais Podlediad Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd newydd , sydd hefyd ar gael gyda fideo ar Sianel YouTube Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd.
Isod mae gwybodaeth fer am rai o fy mhrif gyhoeddiadau.
The Invention of Martial Arts: Popular Culture Between Asia and America (Gwasg Prifysgol Rhydychen, 2020)
Cyhoeddwyd y monograff ymchwil hwn ym mis Rhagfyr 2020 gan Wasg Prifysgol Rhydychen.
"Yn The Invention of Martial Arts, mae Bowman yn mynd â darllenwyr ar daith mewn archeoleg cyfryngau. Yn bwysig ac yn syndod yn ei dro, mae'r archwiliad hwn yn esbonio'r ffyrdd rydyn ni'n meddwl, siarad a ffantasio am y systemau ymladd hyn. Mae'r gwaith hwn wedi'i ymchwilio'n gynhwysfawr ac wedi'i wybod yn ddamcaniaethol yn sicr o ddod yn ddarlleniad angenrheidiol i fyfyrwyr astudiaethau diwylliannol, cyfryngau a chrefftau ymladd." - Dr. Benjamin N. Judkins, Cyd-olygydd y cyfnodolyn Martial Arts Studies
"Yn eang, yn gyfoethog mewn manylder, ac wedi'i ymchwilio'n ofalus, mae The Invention of Martial Arts yn olrhain cynrychioliadau lluosog ac amrywiol o praxes strwythuredig, ymladd yn y DU. Gan symud y tu hwnt i ymchwiliad bellach confensiynol i ffilm kung fu, mae Bowman yn darparu hanes o'r syniad o grefftau ymladd fel y'i mynegir trwy ffurfiau diwylliant poblogaidd mor amrywiol â nofelau, hysbysebion teledu, cartwnau, a cherddoriaeth bop." - Janet O'Shea, Athro, Adran Celfyddydau a Diwylliannau'r Byd UCLA / Dawns
Deconstructing Martial Arts (Gwasg Prifysgol Caerdydd, 2019)
Mae Deconstructing Martial Arts yn cael ei gyhoeddi gan Wasg Prifysgol Caerdydd ac mae ar gael am ddim ar-lein, yma:
https://cardiffuniversitypress.org/site/books/10.18573/book1/
Beth yw hanfod crefftau ymladd? Beth yw eu lle mewn diwylliant a chymdeithas? Mae Deconstructing Martial Arts yn dadansoddi materion a dadleuon cyfarwydd sy'n codi mewn trafodaethau a thriniaethau diwylliannol ysgolheigaidd, ymarferwyr a phoblogaidd o grefftau ymladd ac yn dadlau bod crefftau ymladd yn adeiladau deinamig ac amrywiol y mae eu hystyron a'u gwerthoedd yn newid yn rheolaidd, yn newid ac yn trawsnewid, yn dibynnu ar y cyd-destun.
Gan osod crefftau ymladd mewn perthynas â chwestiynau a phryderon craidd y cyfryngau ac astudiaethau diwylliannol ynghylch hunaniaeth, gwerth, dwyreiniol, ac ymgorfforiad, mae Deconstructing Martial Arts yn cyflwyno ac yn ymhelaethu ar ddadadeiladu fel dull gwerth chweil o astudiaethau diwylliannol.
Mytholegau Crefftau Ymladd (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017)
Astudiaethau Crefftau Ymladd: Amharu ar Ffiniau Disgyblaethol (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015)
Trosolwg: Mae'r ymadrodd "astudiaethau crefft ymladd" yn fwyfwy cylchredeg fel term i ddisgrifio maes newydd o ddiddordeb. Ond mae llawer o feysydd academaidd gan gynnwys hanes, athroniaeth, anthropoleg, ac astudiaethau ardal eisoes yn ymwneud â chrefft ymladd yn eu ffordd arbennig eu hunain. Felly, a oes maes unigryw o astudiaethau crefft ymladd mewn gwirionedd? Martial Arts Studies yw'r llyfr cyntaf i ymgysylltu'n uniongyrchol â'r cwestiynau hyn. Mae'n asesu lluosogrwydd ac heterogenedd dulliau posibl o astudiaethau crefft ymladd, gan archwilio cyfeiriadedd a chyfyngiadau dulliau presennol . Mae'n gwneud achos dros adeiladu maes astudiaethau crefft ymladd yn nhermau cyfesurynnau allweddol o ôl-strwythuriaeth, astudiaethau diwylliannol , astudiaethau'r cyfryngau, ac ôl-drefedigaethiaeth. Trwy ddefnyddio'r dulliau gwrth-ddisgyblaethol hyn i amharu ar ddulliau disgyblaethau eraill, mae Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd yn cynnig maes sy'n dod i'r amlwg ac yn wahanol i'w leoliadau disgyblaethol niferus.
Adolygiad: "Beth sy'n digwydd pan fydd ysgolhaig o'r radd flaenaf ac ymarferydd crefft ymladd hirdymor yn troi ei sylw at ddisgyblaeth amddifad? Yn gyntaf, ni ellir byth ystyried y maes ymylol eto; yn ail, bydd tadau sylfaenol astudiaethau crefft ymladd yn cael eu herio i gamu i fyny eu gêm i'r lefel nesaf; ac yn olaf, bydd darllenwyr yn cael cwrs damwain yn iaith a chysyniadau ysgolheictod ôl-fodern, gan ganiatáu iddynt ddilyn y dadleuon parhaus mewn astudiaethau crefft ymladd, lle mae glanio un cyhuddiad da o Orientalism, rhywiaeth neu essentialism fel cic rownd hedfan i'r pen. I'r rhai sy'n ceisio gwybodaeth ddyfnach o rôl crefftau ymladd mewn diwylliant cyfoes, ac felly hunan-wybodaeth ddyfnach, ni fyddant yn dod o hyd i unrhyw ysbrydoliaeth well nag Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd Paul Bowman ." - Douglas Wile, Awdur Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty a T'ai Chi's Ancestors.
Adolygiad: "Yn dilyn Nietzsche, mae Paul Bowman yn hoffi athroniaethu 'gyda'r morthwyl'. Rwy'n credu bod yr hyn y mae'n ei ddefnyddio fel awdur yn debycach i ffon hud. Derbyniodd Whisking syniadau o ddisgyblaeth, sefydliad, traddodiad, corff, cenedl, naratif, cyfryngau, theori a realiti allan o'u slotiau academaidd arferol, mae Bowman yn eu hanfon yn troelli i'r awyr i gwrdd â breuddwydion, gwleidyddiaeth weledigaethol o ddiwylliant a dysgu dwfn mewn crefftau ymladd. Mae'r canlyniad yn feddw, rhuthr o egni o dudalen i dudalen. Mewn Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd, mae cyfuniadau amhosibl yn cymryd siâp newydd ac mae meddwl yn rhydd i ddechrau eto." - Meaghan Morris, Athro Astudiaethau Rhywedd a Diwylliannol, Prifysgol Sydney.
Beyond Bruce Lee (Wallflower/Gwasg Prifysgol Columbia, 2013)
"Fel y mae'r teitl yn awgrymu, mae'r gyfrol hon yn mynd â ni 'y tu hwnt' i Bruce Lee i ddadleuon ynghylch ôl-fodern a'r ôl-drefedigaethol, athroniaeth crefft ymladd, a diwylliant poblogaidd wedi'i gyfieithu a'i berfformio. Ond nid esgus ar gyfer y gyfrol ddiddorol hon yw Lee - mae'r astudiaeth hon hefyd yn ein hatgoffa pa mor gyffrous a thrawsnewidiol oedd ei ymddangosiad diwylliannol a pha etifeddiaeth gymhleth y mae wedi'i adael. P'un a yw eich diddordeb yn Zizek neu Jeet Kune Do, fe welwch rywbeth yma a fydd yn gwneud i chi feddwl eto am y ffigwr mawr hwn. " (Leon Hunt, Prifysgol Brunel)
"Mae Beyond Bruce Lee yn darparu darlleniadau nuanced, yn aml yn wych o bryfoclyd o Bruce Lee fel eicon a digwyddiad diwylliannol. Gan dynnu ar amrywiaeth o ddulliau damcaniaethol a methodolegol, mae'r astudiaeth arloesol hon yn perfformio gorchymyn Lee i greu rhywbeth newydd a gwir trwy groesi, cymysgu ac ail-gymysgu ffiniau. Yn y broses, mae hefyd yn rhoi cwrs crash gwych i'r darllenydd mewn astudiaethau diwylliannol." (Jane Park, Prifysgol Sydney)
"No one writing today has a keener eye for delineating the logic of contemporary cultural politics than Paul Bowman. Yn Beyond Bruce Lee mae'n dangos yn bwerus sut a pham mae Bruce Lee yn bwysig i lu o feysydd (astudiaethau sinema, astudiaethau diwylliannol, gwleidyddiaeth, athroniaeth, cymdeithaseg) heb gyfyngu ei hun i ysgrifennu o safbwynt cul unrhyw un o'r disgyblaethau hynny. Waeth ble rydych chi'n lleoli eich hun mewn neu allan o unrhyw un o'r meysydd hynny - p'un a ydych chi'n meddwl eich bod eisoes yn adnabod Bruce Lee neu'n meddwl na allech chi boeni llai am Bruce Lee - mae'n rhaid i chi ddarllen y llyfr hwn o hyd." (Samuel Chambers, Prifysgol Johns Hopkins)
Reading Rey Chow: Visuality, Postcoloniality, Ethnicity, Sexuality (Peter Lang, 2013)
"Mae Reading Rey Chow gan Paul Bowman yn esboniad clir a fframio beirniadol o waith un o'r ffigurau allweddol mewn astudiaethau diwylliannol ac ôl-drefedigaethol cyfoes. Bydd y llyfr hwn yn ddarlleniad angenrheidiol i unrhyw un sy'n ymwneud â'r corff hwn o ysgrifennu sy'n datblygu dewis arall parhaus a beirniadol i ganon theori uchel." (John Frow, Prifysgol Sydney)
"[Mae'r llyfr hwn] yn cynnig cyflwyniad cyflawn i weithiau Chow, gan ddangos gwreiddioldeb ei hysgolheictod ar gyfer astudiaethau diwylliannol, ôl-drefedigaethiaeth ac astudiaethau gweledol. Mae darllen Rey Chow yn canolbwyntio ar yr adleoli a'r gormodedd parhaus y mae Chow yn ei ysgogi mewn theori feirniadol trwy rym ei dadansoddiadau treiddgar." (Patrizia Calefato, Universita degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Yr Eidal)
Diwylliant a'r Cyfryngau (Palgrave, 2012)
Mae Diwylliant a'r Cyfryngau yn edrych ar y berthynas rhwng yr hyn rydyn ni'n ei alw'n 'gyfryngau' a 'diwylliant', gan ofyn y cwestiwn: ble mae un yn gorffen a'r llall yn dechrau? Wedi'i ysgrifennu mewn arddull fywiog a hygyrch, mae'r llyfr hwn yn cyflwyno ac yn cyd-destunoli'r ystod o wahanol ddulliau o astudio'r ddau faes hyn.
Gan ddefnyddio ystod fywiog o enghreifftiau ac astudiaethau achos - gan gynnwys panig moesol yn y cyfryngau Prydeinig o amgylch pync-roc yn y 1970au, beirniadaeth o ddefnyddwyr yn y ffilmiau Fight Club ac American Psycho, a'r 'trais' a ddaliwyd gan YouTube o brotestiadau yn erbyn ffioedd myfyrwyr - mae Culture and the Mediayn dangos sut mae dadleuon damcaniaethol a disgyblaethol dros ystyr y cyfryngau a'r diwylliant yn ymwneud â'n profiadau diwylliannol bob dydd.
Studi culturali: Teoria, intervento, cultura pop (Progedit, Yr Eidal, 2011)
Cyfieithiad Eidaleg, ysgrifau dethol: "Presentando per la prima volta al pubblico italiano il pensiero di Paul Bowman, questo volume intende rinnovare la riflessione sull'agenda etico-politica propria dei Cultural Studies, che sono nati a Birmingham nel 1964 e si sono rapidamente diffusi nel mondo anglofono e nelle comunità di studiosi."
Damcaniaethu Bruce Lee: Ffilm-Ffantasi-Athroniaeth-Ymladd (Rodopi, 2010)
Mae Bruce Lee yn ymdrin â chwestiynau diwylliant, gwleidyddiaeth, ideoleg ac athroniaeth trwy gyfres o ymgysylltiadau â'r ffilm ddiwylliannol poblogaidd a'r eicon crefft ymladd, Bruce Lee. Mae'r llyfr yn ymdrin â materion diwylliannol a damcaniaethol, themâu a phroblemau ymddangosiad a llwyddiant Bruce Lee, y berthynas rhwng ffilmiau a ffantasi diwylliannol Bruce Lee, y berthynas rhwng y ffantasïau hyn ac arferion diwylliannol fel crefftau ymladd, a materion diwylliannol, gwleidyddol ac athronyddol ehangach ymyrraeth Bruce Lee.
Mae Leon Hunt yn ysgrifennu: "Mae Bruce Lee yn ffigwr cymhleth a gwrthgyferbyniol, ac mae'n dasg aruthrol ymgymryd ag agweddau lluosog ei etifeddiaeth - ymladdwr, seren ffilm, athronydd, cenedlaetholwr, amlddiwylliannol, arloeswr. Gyda dull mor amlddisgyblaethol ac eiconoclastig ag ymagwedd Lee at grefft ymladd, mae Bowman yn darparu adroddiad gwreiddiol a chyffrous o Lee fel 'digwyddiad diwylliannol'. Nid oes neb wedi gwneud gwaith gwell o esbonio pam mae'r 'chwedl' crefft ymladd yn parhau i fod yn ffigwr mor bwysig a phryfoclyd".
Yn yr un modd, mae Gina Marchetti yn ysgrifennu: "Gan gymryd Martin Heidegger a Slavoj Žižek yn ogystal â thynnu ar Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Guy Debord, Jacques Ranciere, Rey Chow, a Stuart Hall, ymhlith eraill, mae Bowman yn dangos sut mae Bruce Lee yn "siarad" â'r dadleuon athronyddol sy'n fframio ein dealltwriaeth o ddiwylliant poblogaidd byd-eang heddiw. Er efallai na fydd Bowman yn gallu datrys y brwydrau athronyddol sy'n ymwneud â'n gallu i "adnabod" Bruce Lee, mae'n gwneud gwaith rhyfeddol o fynegi pam mae Bruce Lee yn parhau i fod yn rym hanfodol nid yn unig o fewn sinema'r byd ond diwylliant byd-eang - "uchel" ac "isel." Arfog gyda'i nunchakus athronyddol, mae Bowman yn mynd i frwydr gydag unrhyw un a allai amau pwysigrwydd parhaus Lee, a bydd y llyfr hwn yn ddi-os yn ddarlleniad hanfodol i bawb (o athronydd i ymarferydd kung fu) sydd â diddordeb mewn diwylliant poblogaidd a sinema Asiaidd. ”
Deconstructing Popular Culture (Palgrave, 2008)
"Mae Deconstructing Popular Culture yn gyflwyniad hygyrch, doniol ac ysgogol i ddiwylliant poblogaidd ac astudiaethau diwylliannol. This is a book with both a passionate argument and a rare skill in making the 'fine print' of complex theoretical arguments accessible." (Richard Stamp, Uwch Ddarlithydd y Cyfryngau ac Astudiaethau Diwylliannol, Prifysgol Bath Spa, y DU)
"Mae Bowman yn ysgrifennu fel pe bai'n siarad yn uniongyrchol â grŵp o israddedigion: mae'n ymgysylltu â nhw lle maen nhw'n byw. Mae'r llyfr hwn yn gyflawniad eithriadol o arwyddocaol." (John Mowitt, Athro Astudiaethau Diwylliannol, Prifysgol Minnesota, UDA)
Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies: Politics, Theory and Intervention (Gwasg Prifysgol Caeredin, 2007)
"[Post-Marxism Versus Cultural Studies is] the first sustained scholarly assessment of the scandal of post-Marxism [which] traces the struggle – both intellectual and political – of academic Marxism to keep its footing on the long march through the institution. Fel y mae'r "versus" sy'n colfach ei deitl yn awgrymu, nid yw ôl-Marcsiaeth nac astudiaethau diwylliannol yn parhau i fod yn ddiniwed gan lwyfannu Bowman o'r wyneb hwn. Mae Ôl-Marcsiaeth yn erbyn Astudiaethau Diwylliannol yn gwobrwyo'r darllenydd difrifol sy'n ymwneud â dod i delerau â gwleidyddiaeth ddisgyrsiol y brifysgol gyfoes". John Mowitt (Athro Astudiaethau Diwylliannol a Llenyddiaeth Gymharol, Prifysgol Minnesota).
Addysgu
Rwyf wedi dysgu ystod eang o gyrsiau ffilm, cyfryngau ac astudiaethau diwylliannol ar bob lefel prifysgol (BA, MA, PhD).
Ar ein rhaglenni BA, ar hyn o bryd rwy'n dysgu modiwlau Ffilm, y Cyfryngau a Theori Diwylliannol, Corff/Delwedd, a (tan yn ddiweddar) East Meets West mewn Ffilm a Diwylliant Poblogaidd. Rwyf hefyd yn goruchwylio traethodau BA.
Ar ein rhaglenni MA, ar hyn o bryd rwy'n goruchwylio traethodau hir ym meysydd ffilm, cyfryngau ac astudiaethau diwylliannol.
Ar gyfer ein rhaglen PhD, rwy'n goruchwylio PhD ar ystod o bynciau. Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio prosiectau PhD sy'n cynnwys unrhyw un neu'r cyfan o'r canlynol: theori ddiwylliannol, ymarfer corff a diwylliant cyfryngau, diwylliant corfforol.
Bywgraffiad
Cefais fy ngeni a'm magu yn Newcastle ac astudiais ym Mhrifysgol Leeds, gan ennill BA mewn Saesneg, MA mewn Astudiaethau Diwylliannol a PhD mewn theori ddiwylliannol a gwleidyddol yn y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Diwylliannol. Canolbwyntiodd fy PhD ar theori gwleidyddiaeth a oedd yn sail i ddatblygiad a chyfeiriadedd astudiaethau diwylliannol. Datblygwyd a chyhoeddwyd y gwaith hwn fel fy monograff cyntaf, Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies (Gwasg Prifysgol Caeredin, 2007).
Rhwng 2000 a 2003 roeddwn yn ddarlithydd mewn astudiaethau diwylliannol ym Mhrifysgol Bath Spa. O 2003-2008 roeddwn yn ddarlithydd yn gyntaf ac yna yn uwch ddarlithydd mewn astudiaethau cyfryngau a diwylliannol ym Mhrifysgol Roehampton, Llundain. Deuthum i Brifysgol Caerdydd yn 2008, yn benodol i arwain modiwl BA craidd o'r enw Diwylliant Poblogaidd ac i oruchwylio PhDs. Ers hynny, roedd fy ngwaith yn canolbwyntio'n fwyfwy ar y rhaglen PhD, a gyfarwyddais rhwng 2010 a 2017. Rwy'n parhau i ddysgu modiwlau mawr ar y BA - 'Ffilm, Media and Cultural Theory' a (tan yn ddiweddar) 'East Meets West in Film and Popular Culture'. Rwyf hefyd yn addysgu'r modiwl newydd 'Corff/Delwedd', ac yn goruchwylio traethodau BA ac MA, a PhDs.
Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu amrywiaeth o lyfrau gwahanol. Fy monograff academaidd cyntaf oedd Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies (2007), a oedd yn ddadadeiladu theori disgwrs 'ôl-marcsaidd' a lywiodd ddatblygiad cynnar astudiaethau diwylliannol. Yna symudais i faes diwylliant poblogaidd, gyda Deconstructing Popular Culture (2008).
Fy synnwyr wedi bod yn hir bod diddordeb y Gorllewin mewn crefftau ymladd y Dwyrain (a ffrwydrodd o ganlyniad i ffilmiau Bruce Lee) yn rhywbeth sy'n haeddu sylw difrifol. Fy astudiaeth gyntaf o hyn oedd Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-Fantasy-Fighting-Philosophy (2010). Cwblheais y prosiect hwn gyda fy ail astudiaeth academaidd o'r mater hwn, Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon through Film, Philosophy and Popular Culture (2013).
Yn ystod yr un cyfnod â fy ngwaith ar Bruce Lee, cyhoeddais hefyd lyfr rhagarweiniol o'r enw Culture and the Media (2012), gweithiais gyda'r cyfieithydd a'r golygydd Floriana Bernardi i gyhoeddi casgliad o fy ysgrifau yn Eidaleg, ac ysgrifennais fywgraffiad anacademaidd o Bruce Lee.
Arweiniodd fy niddordeb ym mhroblemau astudiaethau ôl-drefedigaethol yn gyffredinol a gwaith Rey Chow yn arbennig i mi ysgrifennu Reading Rey Chow: Visuality, Postcoloniality, Ethnicity, Sexuality (2013). Mae'r monograff hwn yn adeiladu ar sawl casgliad cynharach yr oeddwn wedi'u llunio a'u golygu, megis rhifynnau arbennig o'r cyfnodolion Social Semiotics ac Postcolonial Studies a oedd yn canolbwyntio ar waith Chow, yn ogystal â The Rey Chow Reader (2012).
Roedd fy monograffau nesaf yn cynnwys Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries (2015) a Mythologies of Martial Arts (2017).
Yn haf 2019, cyhoeddwyd fy monograff, Deconstructing Martial Arts, mynediad agored (h.y. am ddim ar-lein) gan Wasg Prifysgol Caerdydd. Mae copïau printiedig traddodiadol o'r llyfr hwn ar gael am bris cost.
Fy monograff nesaf oedd The Invention of Martial Arts: Popular Culture Between Asia and America. Fe'i cyhoeddwyd gan Wasg Prifysgol Rhydychen yn 2021.
Fy monograff ymchwil diweddaraf yw The Sublime Object of Orientalism: Asian Physical Culture in the West (Gwasg Prifysgol Hong Kong, 2026).
Rwy'n goruchwylio prosiectau PhD sy'n cynnwys theori ddiwylliannol, diwylliant corfforol ac ymarfer corff, a ymdrinnir â theori cyfryngau a diwylliannol.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Adjunct Professor, Waikato University, 2013
- Research Leave Fellowship Scheme Award, 2014
- Visiting Professor, Ljubljana University, Slovenia, 2014
- AHRC Research Network Funding: Martial Arts Studies Research Network, 2015
- Honorary Black Belt, World Taekkyeon Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea, 2015
- Presented with a Tewhatewha (General's Staff) by Head of the Maori King's Guard, 2016.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Cymdeithas Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd
- Cymdeithas ar gyfer Astudio Effaith
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- (2012-16) Cardiff University, Reader, Media and Cultural Studies
- (2010) Cardiff University, Senior Lecturer, Media and Cultural Studies
- (2008) Cardiff University, Lecturer, Media and Cultural Studies
- (2004) Roehampton University, Senior Lecturer, Media and Cultural Studies
- (2003) Roehampton University, Lecturer, Media and Cultural Studies
- (2001) Bath Spa University, Lecturer, Cultural Studies
- (1997-8) Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, Visiting Lecturer
- (1996-2000) University of Leeds, Research Assistant, Journal Editor, Visiting Lecturer
- (1996) University of Leeds, School of Continuing Education, Tutor
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Current
- (2015-) Director: Media, Culture and Creativity Research Group
- (2014-) Editor in Chief: Cardiff University Press
- (2010-17) Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (PhD Programme)
- (2009-15) Director: Race, Representation and Cultural Politics Research Group
- (2011-) Founder/Director: Interdisciplinary Film and Visual Culture Research Network
- (2011-) Board Member: Cardiff University Graduate College Board
- (2011-) Founding Editor: JOMEC Journal
- (2010-) Member: Research Committee
- (2010-) Member: Staffing Committee
- (2010-) Member: School Board
- (2008-) Member: Representing Migration and Mobility Research Network
Past
- (2010-13) Co-Director: (Re)Constructing Multiculturalism Research Network
- (2011-13) Member: Cardiff University Senate
- (2010-13) Member: The President’s Research Scholarships Review Panel
- (2014-) Steering Group: Cardiff University Press
- (2012) Chair: School Approval Panel, MA in Journalism & Digital Media, 9th November
- (2008-10) Chair: BA Admissions Subcommittee, Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies
- (2010-13) Member: Researcher and Graduate School in Humanities Management Group
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Rwy'n goruchwylio myfyrwyr PhD ym meysydd
- Astudiaethau Diwylliannol
- Theori Ddiwylliannol
- Astudiaethau Crefft Ymladd
- Diwylliant y Cyfryngau
- Diwylliant Corfforol (ymarfer corff, yn hytrach na chwaraeon)
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Prosiectau'r gorffennol
- Linxin Wang, 'WeChat and the Wellbeing of Chinese Migrant Workers' [1st supervisor]
- Nan Hu, 'Amgueddfeydd Tsieineaidd fel Hybiau Diwylliannol' [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2017-22) Gemini Anderson, 'Theatr Safle-Benodol' [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2017-22) Qays Stetkevych, 'Grappling with the Icelandic Sagas' [goruchwyliwr1af ]
- (2018-22) Elliot Pill, 'Tonnau Pŵer: ysblander syrffio proffesiynol' [goruchwyliwr 1]
- (2017-21) Evelina Kazakevičiūtė, 'Dialogue in Jim Jarmusch Films' [goruchwyliwr1af ]
- (2016–20) Nur Izzati Azziz: 'The Construction of Malay Identity' [goruchwyliwr1af ]
- (2013–20) Fokiya Akhtar: 'Sinema a Gwrthdaro: Bywyd canoledig heddwch a gwrthdaro yn Kashmir trwy Sinema Prif ffrwd Indiaidd (Bollywood) ' [goruchwyliwr 1]
- (2015–19) Shulin Gong: 'Rhyw mewn hysbysebion Prydeinig a Tsieineaidd'[ goruchwyliwr1af]
- (2015–18) Kyle Barrowman: 'Astudiaethau Celfyddydau Ymladd' [1goruchwyliwr]
- (2012–17) James Rendell: 'Archwilio Abjection yn Arswyd Teledu 'Ansawdd' yr 21ain Ganrif a Sbectrwm Cyflawn ei Chynulleidfaoedd Cefnogwyr Ar-lein [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2012–17) Alida Payson: 'Inhabiting Her: Reconfiguring Refugee Identity' [3ydd goruchwyliwr]
- (2017) Sylvester, Sara. A Transfictive Tale: Life of the Artist as a Self–Brand [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2016) Merisa Skulsuthavong. Strategaethau Rhyw yng Nghrongronau Priodasol Thai [1st supervisor]
- 2016 - Rahmawati, Aulia. Ffydd, ffasiwn a ffeministiaeth: dadansoddiad gweledol a chynulleidfa o flogiau ffasiwn Mwslimaidd Indonesia [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2016) Chen, Wei–Ju. Trawsnewid y byd mewn cylchgronau lleol: dadansoddiad amlfoddol o'r Rayli Tsieineaidd [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2015) Paca, Dafina. Nid yma nac acw: adeiladu hunaniaeth yn ddiysgog gan Kosovo Albaniaid [goruchwyliwr1af]
- (2015) Papadopoulou, Maria. Defodau cerdd a rhaniadau cymdeithasol: adeiladu, perfformio a chyfreithloni'r hunan cymdeithasol [1st supervisor]
- (2014) Bisson, Susan. Astudio 'seicosis' mewn gwybodaeth feddygol, ffilm boblogaidd, a hunaniaethau cynulleidfaoedd: dadansoddiad disgwrs o enwi seicosis clinigol, ei gynrychioliadau ffilmig, a dehongli'r rhai sydd wedi ei brofi [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2013) Carvell, Pippa. Y 'deuddegfed dyn' yn y stondinau seiber: archwilio disgwrs cefnogwyr pêl-droed ac adeiladu hunaniaeth ar fforymau ar-lein [2il oruchwyliwr]
- (2013) Winston, Matthew. Y testun Gonzo – newyddiaduraeth lenyddol Hunter Thompson [cyd-oruchwyliwr]
- (2010) Moore, Kerry. Astudiaeth ddiwylliannol o loches o dan Lafur Newydd [1 goruchwyliwr]
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- Diwylliant Poblogaidd
- Theori ddiwylliannol
- Astudiaethau crefft ymladd
- Ymarfer corff a diwylliant corfforol