| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 166 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Fight for Recognition: A Brief History of Capoeira Angola in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Chapter 2 -- Capoeira Angola in Its Own Right; Chapter 3 -- Cosmological Bodies; Chapter 4 -- Mandinga: The Creation of Powerful Persons; Chapter 5 -- Playful Violence and the Ambiguity of Deception; Chapter 6 -- How Musical Instruments Become Persons: The Power of Materiality; Epilogue; Glossary; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Considering the concept of power in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual art form, Varela describes ethnographically the importance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have in the social configuration of a style called Angola in Bahia, Brazil. He analyzes how individual power is essential for an understanding of the modern history of capoeira, and for the themes of embodiment, play, cosmology, and ritual action. The book also emphasizes the great significance that creativity and aesthetic expression have for capoeira's practice and performance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Capoeira (Dance) -- Anthropological aspects.
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Black people -- Brazil -- Social life and customs.
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Capoeira (Dance)
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Martial arts -- Brazil -- History.
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Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Brazil -- Bahia (State)
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General. |
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Martial arts |
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Dance -- Anthropological aspects |
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Capoeira (Dance) |
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Black people -- Social life and customs |
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Brazil -- Bahia (State) |
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Brazil |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Title |
Pragmatic anthropology of Afro-Brazilian capoeira |
| Other Form: |
Print version: González Varela, Sergio Armando. Power in pracctice. New York : Berghahn Books, 2017 9781785336355 (DLC) 2017017958 |
| ISBN |
9781785336362 electronic book |
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1785336363 electronic book |
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9781785336355 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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1785336355 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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