Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion Wesolowski Katya
Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion Wesolowski Katya This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)--a collaboration of the…
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Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion Wesolowski Katya
This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)--a collaboration of the Association ofAmerican 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 bordersOriginating in the Black Atlantic world as a fusion of dance and martial art, capoeira was a marginalized practice for much of its history. This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal insights from author KatyaWesolowski's thirty years of experience as a capoeirista.Capoeira Connections follows Wesolowski's journey from novice to Today it is globally popular.