Abstract:This article analyze two advertisements using capoeira narratives and seek to understand how they are constructed to sell products or 'images' in different national contexts. The objective is to understand the processes of adaptation of the practice of capoeira to the local market. The methodology employed was the exploratory research, with the analyses of visual narratives, research in local newspapers, multisited ethnography and free flowing interviews with capoeira practitioners in France and in the UK. The… Show more
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