Sex and violence in Brazil: Carnaval, capoeira, and the problem of everyday life

American Ethnologist

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 539-557

  Lewis, J Lowell ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Capoeira; Carnival; Everyday; Sex; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033233947     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1999.26.3.539     Document Type: Article

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