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Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism

Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World
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In Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World, Sergio Gonzalez Varela examines the mobility of capoeira leaders and practitioners. He analyzes their motivations and spirituality as well as their ability to reconfigure social practices. Varela draws on tourism mobilities, multisited ethnography, global networks, heritage, and the anthropology of ritual and religion in order to stress the commitment, dedication, and value that international practitioners bring to capoeira. For more information, check out A Conversation with Sergio Gonzalez Varela.
Sergio Gonzalez Varela is professor of anthropology at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi.
Chapter 1 History, Mythology, and the Local Imaginaries of Capoeira Chapter 2 Global Expansion: Making Sense of Mobility Chapter 3 The Mestre-Student Relationship in the Age of Tourism Chapter 4 Religious Foundations Chapter 5 Worshipping the Ancestors Chapter 6 Capoeira as Intangible Cultural Heritage
"Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism is a tour de force in every sense. Varela's deep and close understanding of capoeira angola in Brazil is the pivot around which his powerful argument about global mobility turns." -- Martin Holbraad, University College London
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