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The hidden history of capoeira : a collision of cultures in the Brazilian battle dance
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- Creator
- Maya Talmon-Chvaicer
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xi, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0292717237, 9780292717237, 0292794428, 9780292794429, 0292717245, 9780292717244
- OCLC
- ocn234194024, ocm85783401, ocn646760637, on1286807764
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index.
- A Rio de Janeiro slave game -- The battle and the game (1840s-1870s) -- Patrons and oppressors (1870s-1930s) -- New center, new style : capoeira regional and capoeira angola in twentieth-century Bahia -- The game of life : battle of cultures