Capoeira and Candomblé: Conformity and Resistance through Afro-Brazilian Experience

by Floyd Merrell

Book Overview

Capoeira is a unique music-dance-sport-play activity created by African slaves in Brazil, and Candombl is a hybrid religion combining Catholic and African beliefs and practices. The two are closely... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558763503
• ISBN13: 9781558763500
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"