Learning capoeira : lessons in cunning from an Afro-Brazilian art

Prelude : playing Capoeira -- 1. Inside and outside the Roda -- 2. The significance of skills -- 3. Following in a mestre's footsteps -- 4. History in epic registers -- 5. Singing the past into play -- 6. Hearing the Berimbau -- 7. Play with a sinister past -- 8. The rogue's swagger -- 9. Closing the body -- 10. Walking in evil -- 11. The limits of whitening -- 12. Tearing out the shame -- Conclusions : lessons from the Roda