The Kalaripayattu and the Capoeira as Masculine Performances: From Bodies of Resistance to Neoliberal Tourism Bodies

This essay proposes to look at the emergence of two embodied martial arts from Brazil and India as tools of resistance against colonization on one hand while also comprising different kind of masculinities in postcolonial national narratives, on the other. The bodies of African slaves and Kalaripaya...

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Main Authors: Indrani Mukherjee, Sanghita Sen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2017-06-01
Series:Between
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Online Access:http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/2654