Browning, Barbara, 1961-

Samba : resistance in motion / Barbara Browning. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995. - xxv, 189 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Relying on literary theories, the author discusses the role of dance and the body in Afro-Brazilian secular and sacred practices. Ethnographic study addresses samba academies, candomblé, capoeira, and carnival dances"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

0253328675 (alk. paper) 0253209560 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Dance--Social aspects--Brazil.
Dance, Black--Brazil.

GV1637 / .B76