Title Samba : resistance in motion / Barbara Browning

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 189 pages) : illustrations Series Arts and politics of the everyday Arts and politics of the everyday. Contents Samba: The Body Articulate -- 2. Divine Choreography and the Embodiment of Metaphor -- 3. Headspin: Capoeira's Ironic Inversions -- 4. Of the Daughters of Gandhi and the Dance of the Chicken Summary "Relying on literary theories, the author discusses the role of dance and the body in Afro-Brazilian secular and sacred practices. Ethnographic study addresses samba academies, candomblé, capoeira, and carnival dances"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record SUBJECT Samba gnd Subject Dance -- Social aspects -- Brazil Dance, Black -- Brazil Dance, Black -- Brazil SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Dance, Black Dance -- Social aspects Samba. Samba Gesellschaft. Danse -- Aspect social -- Brésil. Samba (danse) -- Brésil. Danse noire -- Brésil. Brazil Brasilien. Form Electronic book ISBN 0585001316 9780585001319 9781282079670 1282079670

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