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Interp Culture New Millennium Ser.: Graceful Resistance : How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement by Lauren Miller Griffith (2023, Hardcover)
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Griffith follows practitioners beyond their physical training into social justice activities that illuminate capoeira’s strong connection to resistance and subversion. As both individuals and communities of capoeiristas, participants march against racial discrimination, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-100252045068
ISBN-139780252045066
eBay Product ID (ePID)20057238724
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGraceful Resistance : How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement
SubjectMartial Arts & Self-Defense, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
AuthorLauren Miller Griffith
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science
SeriesInterp Culture New Millennium Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2022-049618
Reviews"Griffith provides a rich and convincing account of the often surprising connections between the practices, orientations and 'affective habitus' of capoeira and social justice struggles. This compelling argument is based on years of ethnographic observant participation and countless hours of interviews with diverse practitioners. The end result is an engaging, highly readable, thoroughly enjoyable, yet always seriously scholarly account of capoeira and its place and work in culture and society--an account that is as surprising, dynamic, and graceful as capoeira itself."--Paul Bowman, author of The Invention of Martial Arts: Popular Culture between Asia and America
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal793.31981
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Making of a Politicized Art Chapter 2. Social Justice and Resistance as Analytical Frames Chapter 3. Becoming a Capoeirista Chapter 4. Capoeira's Pedagogies of Resistance Chapter 5. The Capoeira Community Chapter 6. Group Actions Chapter 7. Jogue Pra La: Individual Applications Chapter 8. Challenges to the Social Justice Perspective Chapter 9. Boa Viagem Glossary Notes References Index
SynopsisCapoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation-and leads many participants into activism. Lauren Miller Griffith's extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both ......, Capoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation--and leads many participants into activism. Lauren Miller Griffith's extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both individuals and groups--in the United States. Griffith follows practitioners beyond their physical training into social justice activities that illuminate capoeira's strong connection to resistance and subversion. As both individuals and communities of capoeiristas, participants march against racial discrimination, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, organize professional clothing drives for job seekers, and pursue economic and environmental justice in their neighborhoods. For these people, capoeira becomes a type of serious leisure that contributes to personal growth, a sense of belonging, and an overall sense of self, while also imposing duties and obligations. An innovative look at capoeira in America, Graceful Resistance reveals how the practicing of an art can catalyze action and transform communities., Capoeira began as a martial art developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Today, the practice incorporates song, dance, acrobatics, and theatrical improvisation-and leads many participants into activism. Lauren Miller Griffith's extensive participant observation with multiple capoeira groups informs her ethnography of capoeiristas--both individuals and groups--in the United States. Griffith follows practitioners beyond their physical training into social justice activities that illuminate capoeira's strong connection to resistance and subversion. As both individuals and communities of capoeiristas, participants march against racial discrimination, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, organize professional clothing drives for job seekers, and pursue economic and environmental justice in their neighborhoods. For these people, capoeira becomes a type of serious leisure that contributes to personal growth, a sense of belonging, and an overall sense of self, while also imposing duties and obligations. An innovative look at capoeira in America, Graceful Resistance reveals how the practicing of an art can catalyze action and transform communities.
LC Classification NumberGV1796.C145G74 2023
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