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The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance (repost)

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The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance (repost)

The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance
University of Texas Press | 2007 | ISBN: 0292717237 | Pages: 264 | PDF | 6.55 MB

Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffused throughout Brazilian society and beyond, taking on a multiplicity of meanings for those who participate in it and for the societies in which it is practiced. In this book, Maya Talmon-Chvaicer combines cultural history with anthropological research to offer an in-depth study of the development and meaning of capoeira, starting with the African cultures in which it originated and continuing up to the present day.