Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism

Sergio González Varela is professor of anthropology at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.

• Chapter 1 History, Mythology, and the Local Imaginaries of CapoeiraChapter 2 Global Expansion: Making Sense of MobilityChapter 3 The Mestre-Student Relationship in the Age of TourismChapter 4 Religious FoundationsChapter 5 Worshipping the Ancestors Chapter 6 Capoeira as Intangible Cultural Heritage

“Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism is a tour de force in every sense. Varela’s deep and close understanding of capoeira angola in Brazil is the pivot around which his powerful argument about global mobility turns.”