Capoeira
Subtitle: the history of an Afro-Brazilian martial art
By: Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Series: Sport in the global society
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Capoeira (Dance) -- Brazil -- History; Capoeira (Dance) -- Social aspects -- Brazil
Description: "Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores capoeira as a field of confrontation where different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains a first English language scholarly account of capoeira's early history and development to the present day."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index