Embodying Brazil

<p>The practice of c<i>apoeira</i> the Brazilian dance-fight-game has grown rapidly in recent years. It has become a popular leisure activity in many cultures as well as a career for Brazilians in countries across the world including the US the UK Canada and Australia. This original ethnographic study draws on the latest research conducted on capoeira in the UK to understand this global phenomenon. It not only presents an in-depth investigation of the martial art but also provides a wealth of data on masculinities performativity embodiment globalisation and rites of passage. </p><p>Centred in cultural sociology while drawing on anthropology and the sociology of sport and dance the book explores the experiences of those learning and teaching capoeira at a variety of levels. From beginners’ first encounters with this martial art to the perspectives of more advanced students it also sheds light on how teachers experience their own re-enculturation as they embody the exotic ‘other’.</p><p>Embodying Brazil: An Ethnography of Diasporic Capoeira is fascinating reading for all capoeira enthusiasts as well as for anyone interested in the sociology of sport sport and social theory sport race and ethnicity or Latin-American Studies. </p>