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Capoeira : the history of an Afro-Brazilian martial art / Matthias Röhrig Assunção.

By:

Assunção, Matthias Röhrig, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Sport in the global societyPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0714650315
9780714650319
0714680869
9780714680866

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

793.31981 22

LOC classification:

GV1796.C145 A77 2005

Contents:

1. The competing master narratives of capoeira history -- 2. Capoeira in the context of the Black Atlantic -- 3. Capoeiragem in Rio de Janeiro, c.1800-1930 -- 4. Workers, vagrants and tough guys in Bahia, c.1860-1950 -- 5. Mestre Bimba and the development of 'regional' style -- 6. Mestre Pastinha and the codification of Angola style -- 7. Contemporary capoeira, 1950-2004 -- Conclusion : the contemporary meanings of capoeira.

Review: "Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores capoeira as a field of confrontation where different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains a first English language scholarly account of capoeira's early history and development to the present day."--Jacket.Review: "Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores capoeira as a field of confrontation where different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains a first English language scholarly account of capoeira's early history and development to the present day."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	793.31981 ASS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A416280B

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores capoeira as a field of confrontation where different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains a first English language scholarly account of capoeira's early history and development to the present day."--Jacket.

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