| Embodying Brazil: An Ethnography of Diasporic Capoeira Contributor(s): Delamont, Sara (Author), Stephens, Neil (Author), Campos, Claudio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138672483 ISBN-13: 9781138672482 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts & Self-defense - Performing Arts | Dance - Folk |
| Dewey: 793.319 |
| LCCN: 2016028554 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.06 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The practice of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, has grown rapidly in recent years. It has become a popular leisure activity in many cultures, as well as a career for Brazilians in countries across the world including the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. This original ethnographic study draws on the latest research conducted on capoeira in the UK to understand this global phenomenon. It not only presents an in-depth investigation of the martial art, but also provides a wealth of data on masculinities, performativity, embodiment, globalisation and rites of passage. Centred in cultural sociology, while drawing on anthropology and the sociology of sport and dance, the book explores the experiences of those learning and teaching capoeira at a variety of levels. From beginners' first encounters with this martial art to the perspectives of more advanced students, it also sheds light on how teachers experience their own re-enculturation as they embody the exotic 'other'. Embodying Brazil: An Ethnography of Diasporic Capoeira is fascinating reading for all capoeira enthusiasts, as well as for anyone interested in the sociology of sport, sport and social theory, sport, race and ethnicity, or Latin-American Studies. |