Going to Brazil

Transnational and corporeal movements of a Canadian-Brazilian martial arts community

Bibliographic Data

ID4263151
AuthorsJ Joseph (0000-0002-4018-2908, University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume8
Issue2
Pages194-213
Publication date2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-0374.2008.00191.x
OpenAlexW2006465160
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited44

In this article I use a case study of capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art/dance/game) in Canada to bring together sport and transnationality literatures. I show that understandings of transnationality can be extended through both investigating people born and raised in the North, since they play an important role in creating transnational spaces, and attending to the corporeal means that people deploy to connect to a homeland or 'travel' to a foreign country. Through adopting a particular racialized/ national style of movement, those who 'stay put' in the North can 'move' across ethnic boundaries, if not geopolitical borders. Real (international), imagined (virtual and emotional), and corporeal (embodied) 'travel' to Brazil are key experiences of the senior capoeirista (capoeira devotee). Sporting activities provide an exceptional window onto transnationality studies, given that ways of moving are fundamental to social, cultural and national identities

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Ethnic group · Homeland · Martial arts · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Transnationality · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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