In Search of Legitimacy

Lauren Miller Griffith is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hanover College. She studies performance, tourism, and education in Latin America. Her work has appeared in Annals of Tourism Research, the Journal of Sport and Tourism, and Theatre Annual.

• Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. A Brief History of CapoeiraChapter 2. The Challenges of Teaching and Learning Capoeira AbroadChapter 3. Travel as a Way to Overcome DoubtsChapter 4. Preparing for the PilgrimageChapter 5. A World in which the Black Brazilian Man Is KingChapter 6. How the Rest of Us Get Our Foot in the DoorChapter 7. Does Form Really Matter?Chapter 8. Will I Ever Be Good Enough?Chapter 9. Conclusion and Future DirectionsGlossaryBibliographyIndex

"...an important study of the confluence of travel and pilgrimage, race/class/gender issues, embodiment and physical (and emotional) expertise, and the defense of tradition and of `lineage'-specific knowledge and identity in the context of globalization and an openness to (tradition-defined) innovation." Anthropology Review Database