Graceful resistance : how Capoeiristas use their art for activism and community engagement / Lauren Miller Griffith.
2023
GV1796.C145 G74 2023
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Title
Graceful resistance : how Capoeiristas use their art for activism and community engagement / Lauren Miller Griffith.
ISBN
9780252054389 electronic book
0252054385 electronic book
9780252045066 hardcover
9780252087196 paperback
0252054385 electronic book
9780252045066 hardcover
9780252087196 paperback
Published
Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 187 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
GV1796.C145 G74 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
793.3/1981
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2024).
Series
Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
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Table of Contents
The making of a politicized art
Social justice and resistance as analytical frames
Becoming a Capoeirista
Capoeira's pedagogies of resistance
The Capoeira community
Group actions
Jogue Pra Lá: individual applications
Challenges to the social justice perspective
Boa Viagem.
Social justice and resistance as analytical frames
Becoming a Capoeirista
Capoeira's pedagogies of resistance
The Capoeira community
Group actions
Jogue Pra Lá: individual applications
Challenges to the social justice perspective
Boa Viagem.