In Search of Legitimacy: How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition

by Lauren Miller Griffith

Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why "first world" men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and marginalized practice. Using the concept of apprenticeship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800731817
• ISBN13: 9781800731813
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"