New PDF release: The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in

By Maya Talmon-Chvaicer

ISBN-10: 0292717237

ISBN-13: 9780292717237

ISBN-10: 0292717245

ISBN-13: 9780292717244

Capoeira, a Brazilian conflict dance and nationwide activity, has develop into well known worldwide. First delivered to Brazil via African slaves and primary documented within the past due eighteenth century, capoeira has gone through many variations because it has subtle all through Brazilian society and past, taking up a multiplicity of meanings if you happen to perform it and for the societies during which it's practiced. during this e-book, Maya Talmon-Chvaicer combines cultural historical past with anthropological study to supply an in-depth research of the advance and which means of capoeira, beginning with the African cultures within which it originated and carrying on with as much as the current day.

Using a wealth of basic resources, Talmon-Chvaicer analyzes the outlooks on lifestyles, symbols, and rituals of the 3 significant cultures that encouraged capoeira—the Congolese (the historical quarter recognized this day as Congo-Angola), the Yoruban, and the Catholic Portuguese cultures. As she strains the evolution of capoeira via successive ancient eras, Talmon-Chvaicer keeps a twin viewpoint, depicting capoeira because it used to be skilled, saw, and understood through either Europeans and Africans, in addition to through their descendants. This twin viewpoint uncovers many covert elements of capoeira which have been repressed via the dominant Brazilian culture.

This wealthy learn reclaims the African origins and meanings of capoeira, whereas additionally acknowledging the numerous ways that Catholic-Christian tradition has contributed to it. The ebook can be attention-grabbing studying not just for students but additionally for capoeira individuals who would possibly not recognize the deeper non secular meanings of the customs, amulets, and rituals of this jogo da vida, "game of life."

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