Samba - Resistance in Motion

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List of contents

INTRODUCTION

1. 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

CONCLUSION

NOTES

INDEX

About the author

Barbara Browning

Summary

A unique perspective on the social history and cultural complexity of Afro-Brazilian dance.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Browning, Browning Barbara
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1995
• EAN: 9780253209566
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20956-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 217 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Series: Arts & Politics of the Everyda; Arts and Politics of the Everyday; Arts and Politics of the Everyday; Arts and Politics of the Every; Arts & Politics of t; Arts & Politics of the Everyda; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries