University Press of Florida Events & Exhibits, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Our 2023 LASA Virtual Booth and Book Sale

This year’s Latin American Studies Association Congress was held in Vancouver, Canada from May 24 to 27. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2023 and offers great deals on our Latin American and Caribbean studies books. Use code LASA23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $75. Click Here to View all Titles … Continue reading Our 2023 LASA Virtual Booth and Book Sale

University Press of Florida Author Post, Dance

Q&A with Katya Wesolowski, author of Capoeira Connections

In Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion, Katya Wesolowski—a capoeirista and Duke University lecturing fellow of cultural anthropology and dance—explores her personal journey from novice to instructor as well as her decades of research as an anthropologist in Brazil, Angola, Europe, and the United States. We asked Katya Wesolowski some questions about her new book, which we're … Continue reading Q&A with Katya Wesolowski, author of Capoeira Connections

University Press of Florida Dance, Publication Announcement

Capoeira Connections

“Wesolowski mobilizes decades of movement experience—through diverse styles of physical training as well as through diverse cultural contexts—to explore the convivência of capoeira: the ways in which it choreographs relationships across difference (of race, class, gender, nation, and more). Through her always engaging and often moving personal narrative, one slowly forms an understanding of the … Continue reading Capoeira Connections