This article examines the critique of male power in Afro-Brazilian capoeira. Capoeira is a practice that combines elements of music, dance, fight, and art. In the last twenty years, it has experienced unprecedented global expansion. Therefore, people in Brazil and abroad have begun questioning the hierarchies of power and knowledge that traditionally have structured groups around the figure of a mestre (a male leader). The article comparatively explores the tensions between the meaning of “tradition” and recent cultural innovations in capoeira groups. It focuses on women's importance in reconfiguring capoeira in the last ten years in Brazil and how they challenge a male-centered perspective of this art through a resignification of history and cultural practice.

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等级制度问题和传统问题：非裔巴西卡波耶拉中对男性权力的批判

本文探讨了非洲裔巴西卡波耶拉舞中对男性权力的批判。卡波耶拉是一种结合了音乐、舞蹈、格斗和艺术元素的练习。在过去的二十年里，它经历了前所未有的全球扩张。因此，巴西和国外的人们开始质疑权力和知识的等级制度，这些等级制度传统上是围绕导师 （男性领导者）的形象构建的群体 。本文比较探讨了卡波耶拉团体中“传统”的含义与最近的文化创新之间的紧张关系。它重点关注过去十年巴西女性在重新配置卡波耶拉方面的重要性，以及她们如何通过历史和文化实践的重新意义来挑战这种艺术以男性为中心的观点。