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Record Nr.

UNISA996248035203316

Autore

Browning Barbara <1961->

Titolo

Samba : resistance in motion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Indiana University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-585-00131-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 189 p. ) : ill.

Collana

Arts and politics of the everyday Samba

Arts and politics of the everyday

Disciplina

306.4/84

Soggetti

Dance - Social aspects - Brazil

Dance, Black - Brazil

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Dance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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, candombleĢ, capoeira, and carnival dances"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.