Stanzas and Sticks: Poetic and Physical Challenges in the Afro-Brazilian Culture of the Paraiba Valley, Rio de Janeiro

Autor:	Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Value (ethics) History Geography History and Philosophy of Science Poetry State (polity) media_common.quotation_subject Physical dexterity Ethnology Forestry media_common
Zdroj:	History Workshop Journal. 77:103-136
ISSN:	1477-4569 1363-3554
DOI:	10.1093/hwj/dbt007
Popis:	This article examines physical and poetic challenges among men in the post-emancipation society of the Paraiba valley, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Challenges were common in cultural forms such as jongo, calango, Folia de Reis (Kings’ Folly) and jogo de pau (stick playing). These challenges allowed poor men from coffee plantations, cattle estates and nearby villages to display their physical dexterity as well as their poetic skills, and ultimately to assert their value as human beings in a society that otherwise denied them access to basic citizen rights.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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