| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 166 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2022) |
| 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
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017029775 |
| ISBN |
9781785336362 |
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1785336363 |
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