Ring of Liberation Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira

Name: Ring of Liberation Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira
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ISBN: 9780226476827

ISBN-10: 0226476820

ISBN-13: 9780226476827

Edition: 1992

Authors: J. Lowell Lewis, Robert F. Thompson

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Based on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, Ring of Liberation offers both an in-depth description of capoeira—a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and poetry—and a pioneering synthetic approach to the analysis of complex cultural performance. Capoeira originated in early slave culture and is practiced widely today by urban Brazilians and others. At once game, sport, mock combat, and ritualized performance, it involves two players who dance and "battle" within a ring of musicians and singers. Stunning physical performances combine with music and poetry in a form as expressive in movement as it is in word. …

Book details

List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 0.58" wide x 0.87" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Maps, Tables, and Figures


Foreword



Preface



Introduction



The Origins of Capoeira



Capoeira in Salvador



Jogar--Body Play



Tocar--Musical Play



Brincar--Verbal Play



Conclusion



Laban Notation of Capoeira Ginga



Movement Repertoire



Names of Masters Cited


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Discography


Films and Videos


Index