Capoeira jako politicky funkční fenomén

• Authors: Slezakova Kristyna

Title variants

EN

CAPOEIRA AS A POLITICALLY FUNCTIONING PHENOMENON

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Capoeira is a Brazilian cultural phenomenon. It is a motion activity at the boundary of fight, dance and play accompanied by specific music and songs, whose outstanding feature is a unique leading musical instrument. Today, capoeira serves as a legacy of slavery because it originates in mingling of the dragged Africans´ cultures with the new environment suppressing every human liberty. The essay deals with the development of capoeira within the political relations of the country. It follows how capoeira reflects the changes of political regimes in Brazil, pointing out that the phenomenon - because of its character - entered into the political events directly, having become a bearer of certain ideas. The author comes to a conclusion that the political significance of the observed phenomenon has changed lately and capoeira is becoming rather an instrument of social mechanisms. The issue if the phenomenon is influencing the political events even today or if it can be a part of political programs remains opened, leaving room for next research.

Keywords

EN

BRAZIL; CAPOEIRA; CULTURE; DANCE; POLITICS; SLAVERY

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 280-289
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Slezakova Kristyna

• Kristyna Slezakova, Janacek's Academy of Music, Ceskobratrska 958/40, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA095222