In Search of Legitimacy
：How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition
( Dance and Performance Studies )
Publication subTitle ：How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition
Publication series ：Dance and Performance Studies
Author： Griffith Lauren Miller
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: 9781785330643
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781785330636
Subject： C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology;J7 Dancing
Keyword： 社会学,舞蹈
Language： ENG
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Description
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 pilgrimage-studying with a local master at a historical point of origin-the author examines how non-Brazilian capoeiristas learn their art and claim legitimacy while navigating the complexities of wealth disparity, racial discrimination, and cultural appropriation.