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Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. The Fight for Recognition: A Brief History of Capoeira Angola in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Chapter 2. Capoeira Angola in Its Own Right
Chapter 3. Cosmological Bodies
Chapter 4. Mandinga: The Creation of Powerful Persons
Chapter 5. Playful Violence and the Ambiguity of Deception
Chapter 6. How Musical Instruments Become Persons: The Power of Materiality
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Index
Power in Practice
The Pragmatic Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira
Sergio González Varela
182 pages, 7 illus., bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-78533-635-5 Hb Published (September 2017)
eISBN 978-1-78533-636-2 eBook