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Contents

Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction

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