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Capoeira connections : a memoir in motion /

"This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal insights from author Katya Wesolowski's thirty years of experience as a capoeirista"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wesolowski, Katya (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Wesolowski, Katya.
Capoeira (Dance) > History > Biography.
Capoeira (Dance) > Personal narratives.
Capoeira (Dance) > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Personal narratives.
Martial arts > Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
Capoeira (Dance)
Martial arts.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Electronic books.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Everything the Mouth Eats"
  • Entering the Roda: Rio de Janeiro, 1995-1996
  • Authenticity and Loss: Bahia, 1996
  • An Anthropologist in the Roda: Rio de Janeiro, 1997
  • "Only Intellectuals like Misery": Rio de Janeiro, 2001-2004
  • Imagining Brazil in Africa: Angola, 2002
  • Global Convivencia: Brussels, Venice, Accra, Havana, 2008-2018
  • Return to Roots: Angola, 2019
  • Bringing it All Home: Durham, 2021
  • List of Capoeiristas with Current Ranking and Group