Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780714680866)

Vendor: Matthias Röhrig Assunção
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Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

$126.99

Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

$126.99
Format: Paperback
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Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This apparent change in the meaning and purpose of Capeoira has led to conflicts between traditionalists, who view capoeira as their heritage descended from the maroons, a weapon to be used against the injustice and repression; and reformers, who wish to see Capoeira develop as an international sport. Capoeira: The History of Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores Capoeira as a field of confrontation where the different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains both the first comprehensive English language review of archive and contemporary literature relating to Capoeira, as well as the first scholarly account of Capoeira's history and development.

Author: Matthias Röhrig Assunção
ISBN-10: 0714680869
ISBN-13: 9780714680866
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.08w x 0.71d
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção
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Matthias Röhrig Assunção studied history and Latin American Studies in Paris (Vincennes, Jussieu and Sorbonne Nouvelle). After some years spent carrying out field research in Brazil he completed his PhD at the Free University in Berlin. From 1985 to 1992 he taught History at the Latin American Institute in Berlin, before going to the University of Essex, UK in 1993. He is currently Lecturer for the Department of History and the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Essex, UK. His publications include a history of plantation society in Maranhão, Northern Brazil, an oral history of a peasant and slave revolt in the same province, and the edition of an anthology of the Brazilian baroque poet Gregório de Mattos.

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