This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to
TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the
Association of American Universities, the Association of University
Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries-and the generous
support of Duke University. A portrait of the game of capoeira and
its practice across borders. Originating in the Black Atlantic
world as a fusion of dance and martial art, capoeira was a
marginalized practice for much of its history. Today it is globally
popular. This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of
capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal
insights from author Katya Wesolowski's thirty years of experience
as a capoeirista.Capoeira Connections follows Wesolowski's journey
from novice to instructor while drawing on her decades of research
as an anthropologist in Brazil, Angola, Europe, and the United
States. In a story of local practice and global flow, Wesolowski
offers an intimate portrait of the game and what it means in
people's lives. She reveals camaraderie and conviviality in the
capoeira ring as well as tensions and ruptures involving race,
gender, and competing claims over how this artful play should be
practiced. Capoeira brings people together and yet is never free of
histories of struggle, and these too play out in the game's
encounters. In her at once clear-sighted and hopeful analysis,
Wesolowski ultimately argues that capoeira offers opportunities for
connection, dialogue, and collaboration in a world that is
increasingly fractured. In doing so, capoeira can transform lives,
create social spheres, and shape mobile futures. Publication of
this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the
American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
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