Power in Practice: The Pragmatic Anthropology of by Sergio González Varela
By Sergio González Varela
Considering the concept that of energy in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual artwork shape, Varela describes ethnographically the significance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have within the social configuration of a method referred to as Angola in Bahia, Brazil. He analyzes how person energy is vital for an knowing of the trendy historical past of capoeira, and for the topics of embodiment, play, cosmology, and formality motion. The e-book additionally emphasizes the good importance that creativity and aesthetic expression have for capoeira's perform and performance.
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