{"product_id":"capoeira-and-candombl-floyd-merrell-9781558763500","title":"Capoeira and Candomblé: Conformity and Resistance through Afro-Brazilian Experience","description":"Capoeira 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. Now they are not only widely recognized in Brazil, but have become popular in North America and Europe as a new blend of sports, dance, and holistic approach to many facets of life. For 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 400 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 .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Floyd Merrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558763503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558763500\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 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Floyd Merrell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939627827455,"sku":"9781558763500","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_73559db4-61d5-4aa1-ac5b-28b195da3285.jpg?v=1681442598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capoeira-and-candombl-floyd-merrell-9781558763500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}