Samba : resistance in motion /
Browning, Barbara, 1961-
Samba : resistance in motion / Barbara Browning. - xxv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Arts and politics of the everyday . - Arts and politics of the everyday. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Samba: The Body Articulate -- Divine Choreography and the Embodiment of Metaphor -- Headspin: Capoeira's Ironic Inversions -- Of the Daughters of Gandhi and the Dance of the Chicken -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4.
"Relying on literary theories, the author discusses the role of dance and the body in Afro-Brazilian secular and sacred practices. Ethnographic study addresses samba academies, candomblé, capoeira, and carnival dances"--Handbook of Latin American Studies.
0253328675 9780253328670 0253209560 9780253209566
94038586
Dance--Social aspects--Brazil
Dance, Black--Brazil
GV1637 / .B76 1995
793.31981
Samba : resistance in motion / Barbara Browning. - xxv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Arts and politics of the everyday . - Arts and politics of the everyday. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Samba: The Body Articulate -- Divine Choreography and the Embodiment of Metaphor -- Headspin: Capoeira's Ironic Inversions -- Of the Daughters of Gandhi and the Dance of the Chicken -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4.
"Relying on literary theories, the author discusses the role of dance and the body in Afro-Brazilian secular and sacred practices. Ethnographic study addresses samba academies, candomblé, capoeira, and carnival dances"--Handbook of Latin American Studies.
0253328675 9780253328670 0253209560 9780253209566
94038586
Dance--Social aspects--Brazil
Dance, Black--Brazil
GV1637 / .B76 1995
793.31981