{"product_id":"capoeira-and-candombl-floyd-merrell-9781558763494","title":"Capoeira and Candomblé: Conformity and Resistance through Afro-Brazilian Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapoeira is a unique music-dance-sport-play activity created by African slaves in Brazil, and Candombl  is a hybrid religion combining Catholic and African beliefs and practices. The two are closely interconnected. Capoeira and Candombl  have for centuries made up a coherent form of Brazilian life, despite having been suppressed by the dominant cultures. But times have changed: nowadays Capoeira is popular with all classes in Brazil, and has spread to North America and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Western audiences, Capoeira performance and Candombl  services are fun to watch and participate in, but difficult to understand. Both have apparently familiar elements, but this seeming conformity with the dominant cultures was for four hundred years a strategy of resistance by Brazilian slaves. The author offers his own reflections about Capoeira and Candombl , combining personal experiences with anecdotes, historical facts, and research as well as religious and philosophical interpretations, both Western and non-Western. The result is informative and entertaining, a description and analysis that allows readers to get a feeling, understanding, and even experience of the spirit of Capoeira and Candombl .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Floyd Merrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155876349X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558763494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Markus Wiener Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Floyd Merrell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068600873215,"sku":"9781558763494","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80c49fed-4acf-46f8-9049-99c5a239fba6.jpg?v=1685419949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capoeira-and-candombl-floyd-merrell-9781558763494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}