Published Mar 4, 2021



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Mónica Rector

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Abstract
I intend. to study the Brazilian capoeira from an historic point of view, showing its African heritage and analyzing its meaning from a visual and semantic perspective. It is a sequence of gesture that initially look like a physical exercise, a kind of martial art, but it is really a fight or a dance, depending on the context. Semiotics and kinetics will be used as a framework.
Keywords

Capoeira, dance, body, culture, movement, silence, discourse.Capoeira, Danza, Cuerpo, Cultura, Movimiento

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How to Cite
Rector, M. (2021). Capoeira: The silent language of gestures. Signo Y Pensamiento, 27(52), 184–194. Retrieved from https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/signoypensamiento/article/view/4585 (Original work published April 15, 2008)
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