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01849aam a2200313 i 4500 001 74269312580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170616s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017017958 020 $a 1785336355 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781785336355 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)990778031 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d YDX $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GV1796.C145 $b G66 2017 082 00 $a 792.80981 $2 23 100 1 $a Gonzalez Varela, Sergio Armando, $e author. 245 10 $a Power in practice : $b the pragmatic anthropology of Afro-Brazilian capoeira / $c Sergio Gonzalez Varela. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berghahn Books, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 166 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index. 520 8 $a Considering the concept of power in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual art form, Varela describes ethnographically the importance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have in the social configuration of a style called Angola in Bahia, Brazil. He analyzes how individual power is essential for an understanding of the modern history of capoeira, and for the themes of embodiment, play, cosmology, and ritual action. The book also emphasizes the great significance that creativity and aesthetic expression have for capoeira's practice and performance. 650 0 $a Capoeira (Dance) $x Anthropological aspects. 650 0 $a Blacks $z Brazil $x Social life and customs. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Gonzalez Varela, Sergio Armando. $t Power in practice $d New York : Berghahn Books, 2017 $z 9781785336362 $w (OCoLCDLC) 2017029775 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020015206.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=74269312580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search