Power in practice : the pragmatic anthropology of Afro-Brazilian capoeira /

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 understan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: González Varela, Sergio Armando (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Temas:
Capoeira (Dance) > Anthropological aspects.
Black people > Brazil > Social life and customs.
Capoeira (Dance)
Martial arts > Brazil > History.
Dance > Anthropological aspects > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Capoeira (Danse)
Arts martiaux > Brésil > Histoire.
Danse > Aspect anthropologique > Brésil > Bahia (État)
Personnes noires > Brésil > Mœurs et coutumes.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Martial arts.
Dance > Anthropological aspects.
Black people > Social life and customs.
Brazil > Bahia (State)
Brazil.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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