Bodily Force and Rhetorical Function in the Afro-Brazilian Art Form of Capoeira

Bodily Force and Rhetorical Function in the Afro-Brazilian Art Form of Capoeira examines how practitioners of capoeira, a dance-like martial art developed by African slaves in Brazil during the slave trade, enact forms of contestation, resistance, and accommodation through their performances, as wel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Juarez, Marissa Marie
Other Authors: Licona, Adela C.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/242431