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Power in Practice

The Pragmatic Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Sep 2017
Dimensions: w 148mm h 231mm d 17mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN-10: 1785336355
ISBN-13: 9781785336355
Barcode No: 9781785336355
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Synopsis
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.

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