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Author Wesolowski, Katya, author.

Title Capoeira connections : a memoir in motion / Katya Wesolowski.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: "Everything the Mouth Eats" -- Entering the Roda: Rio de Janeiro, 1995-1996 -- Authenticity and Loss: Bahia, 1996 -- An Anthropologist in the Roda: Rio de Janeiro, 1997 -- "Only Intellectuals like Misery": Rio de Janeiro, 2001-2004 -- Imagining Brazil in Africa: Angola, 2002 -- Global Convivencia: Brussels, Venice, Accra, Havana, 2008-2018 -- Return to Roots: Angola, 2019 -- Bringing it All Home: Durham, 2021 -- List of Capoeiristas with Current Ranking and Group
Summary "This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal insights from author Katya Wesolowski's thirty years of experience as a capoeirista"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries-and the generous support of Duke University. A portrait of the game of capoeira and its practice across borders Originating in the Black Atlantic world as a fusion of dance and martial art, capoeira was a marginalized practice for much of its history. Today it is globally popular. This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal insights from author Katya Wesolowski's thirty years of experience as a capoeirista.Capoeira Connections follows Wesolowski's journey from novice to instructor while drawing on her decades of research as an anthropologist in Brazil, Angola, Europe, and the United States. In a story of local practice and global flow, Wesolowski offers an intimate portrait of the game and what it means in people's lives. She reveals camaraderie and conviviality in the capoeira ring as well as tensions and ruptures involving race, gender, and competing claims over how this artful play should be practiced. Capoeira brings people together and yet is never free of histories of struggle, and these too play out in the game's encounters.In her at once clear-sighted and hopeful analysis, Wesolowski ultimately argues that capoeira offers opportunities for connection, dialogue, and collaboration in a world that is increasingly fractured. In doing so, capoeira can transform lives, create social spheres, and shape mobile futures. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. "-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2023).
Subject Wesolowski, Katya.
Capoeira (Dance) -- History -- Biography.
Capoeira (Dance) -- Personal narratives.
Capoeira (Dance) -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Personal narratives.
Martial arts -- Biography.
Capoeira (Danse) -- Histoire -- Biographies.
Capoeira (Danse) -- Récits personnels.
Capoeira (Danse) -- Brésil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Récits personnels.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Capoeira (Dance)
Martial arts
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Print version: Wesolowski, Katya. Capoeira connections Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022] 9781683402732 (DLC) 2022026752
ISBN 9781683403630 electronic book
1683403630 electronic book
1683403460 electronic book
9781683403463 (electronic bk.)
9781683402732 hardcover
9781683403203 paperback
Standard No. AU@ 000073246161
AU@ 000072151700

 
    
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