The hidden history of capoeira
Subtitle: a collision of cultures in the Brazilian battle dance
By: Maya Talmon-Chvaicer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292717237; 9780292717244
Subjects: Capoeira (Dance) -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- History; Brazil -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Rio de Janeiro slave game; title: The battle and the game (1840s-1870s); title: Patrons and oppressors (1870s-1930s); title: New center, new style : capoeira regional and capoeira angola in twentieth-century Bahia; title: The game of life : battle of cultures.