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Ancona, George

Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!

48 pp. | Lee | May, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58430-268-1 $18.95
(3) 4-6 This book presents an overview of capoeira, a dancelike martial art and game, as it is practiced in the United States and Brazil. The book begins with some general information, then moves on to demonstrate moves and poses, and finally gives some background on the sport's sixteenth-century slave origins and its modern-day popularity. Many dynamic photographs help demonstrate capoeira. Websites. Bib., glos.
Reviewer: David Elzey

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