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Title: Ring of Liberation: Deceptive Discourse in Brazilian Capoeira by John Lowell Lewis, Robert Farris Thompson ISBN: 0-226-47683-9 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: July, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Capoeira at the border to Brazil.
Comment: Yes, I think this book deserves five stars, because it gave me insight; both professional and personal. Training Capoeira for seven years (including two trips to Brazil for the same reason) has taken me to the strange border between two cultures: my own Danish average European socio-historic background, and the Afro-brazilian transcultural vegetation in which Capoeira flourishes. Alouring - and as Lewis notes: deceptive, Capoeira as a performance reveals conflictuality on the Afro-brazilian social and historical level, which differs from the writers own background; in this case quite similar to my case. The task of relating to this difference is met by Ring of Liberation through respect of the ontic 'way' of the capoeirista, and at the same time maintaining an epistemic approach. What this means, is that Ring of Liberation can be read by the intellectual layman as well as the non-brazilian capoeira enthusiast, as a guide to experiences already had or about to happen...great stuff!
Rating: 4
Summary: Biased, perhaps, but not an "agenda of subjugation"
Comment: I used this book, along with a host of other books, transcripts, articles and recordings of capoeira to complete my undergraduate thesis in anthropology. Regarding an earlier post here, i don't think that Lewis was trying to necessarily undermine the black African origins of capoeira, but rather his experiences with capoeiristas around Brazil led him to focus on the wholly Brazilian cultural aspects (samba, too, is a cultural phenomenon with roots in Africa). While i do belive that his treatment of the African origins of capoeira were sketchy, this is to be expected as the data on capoeira's African origins is not very clear, and to the best of my knowledge is to date a matter of conjecture. The only truth regarding that matter is that capoeira did come from Africa with the (primarily West African) slaves and developed into modern capoeira while in Brazil. This last part, "in Brazil", is something that I stress in the sense that although many Caribbean and South American nations received slaves from the same parts of Africa, only Brazil's slaves and mulattos produced capoeira.
More to the point of this type of entry: the book is a definite must-read for anyone (capoeirista or not) interested in the modern expressions of african diasporan culture.
Rating: 5
Summary: DAMN IT, IT'S GOOD!
Comment: I found that this is a VERY true to actual accounts of Capoeira. I've been practising Capoeira myself for a while now, and this book reflex the views that I, and most of my Groups shares. It would seem very one-sided, but you NEED to be a Capoeirista to fully understand the concpts and ideas and history of this book. To me, A VERY GOOD BOOK ON WHAT I BELIEVE
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Title: Capoeira, a Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice by Bira Almeida ISBN: 0938190296 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game by Nestor Capoeira ISBN: 1556434049 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Little Capoeira Book by Nestor Capoeira, Alex Ladd ISBN: 1556434405 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title:Grupo De Capoeira Angola Pelourinho ASIN: B000001DLR Publisher: Smithsonian Folkways Pub. Date: 23 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title:Capoeira! Brazilian Style Fighting ASIN: B00006IQ9Z Publisher: Pro-Active Entertain Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $24.95 |
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