About this title: Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffused throughout Brazilian society and beyond, taking on a multiplicity of meanings for those who participate in it and for the societies in which it is practiced. In this book, Maya Talmon-Chvaicer combines cultural history with anthropological research to offer an in-depth study of the development and meaning of capoeira, starting with the African ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780292717237ISBN:0292717237
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: AUDIO FORUM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780292717244ISBN:0292717245
Description: New. Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffuse... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780292717237ISBN:0292717237
Description: New. Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffuse... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13:9780292717244ISBN:0292717245
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