Reconfiguring capoeira : global transformations of an Afro-Brazilian art / Sergio González Varela, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

González Varela, Sergio Armando, editor.

EBSCOhost

Series:

Social Sciences Series.

Social Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capoeira (Dance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2026]

System Details:

text file PDF

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction.-Chapter 2: The importance of Mestre Moraes and the Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho in the Global Consolidation of Capoeira

Chapter 3: From Angola to Brazil and Back Again: Capoeira in the Flux and Reflux of the African Diaspora

Chapter 4: Disinterest in Capoeira: Exploring Brazilian Descendants' Relationship with Capoeira in West Africa

Chapter 5: The Mission: A Case Study on Capoeira as an Instrument of Brazilian International Cooperation in the Lusophone African World

Chapter 6: Mobility and the Development of Personal Philosophies of Capoeira

Chapter 7: Becoming a Capoeira Mestre in London: Mestre Fantasma and the Relocation of Capoeira in Europe

Chapter 8: What Does it Take to Become a Mexican Mestre? On the Acquisition of Legitimacy in Internationalized Capoeira Contexts

Chapter 9: Berimbau's 'Use Value' and 'Exchange Value': Production and Consumption as Symbols of Freedom in Contemporary Global Capoeira Angola

Chapter 10: Thinking the Postcolonial Through Martial Arts: The Case of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira and its Presence in Russia

Chapter 11: Feminism in Traditional Communities: The Case of Women in Capoeira Angola

Chapter 12: "Capoeira, ela d̀ mas ela cobra": A Foreign Researcher-Practitioner Reflects on Her Ethical Responsibilities to Capoeira Angola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 1, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: González Varela, Sergio. Reconfiguring Capoeira

ISBN:

9783032132406

3032132401

Publisher Number:

90104660335

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