TY - JOUR KW - Capoeira KW - Cultural characteristics KW - Memory AU - Igor da Cunha AU - Luiz Vieira AU - Luiz Vieira Tavares AU - Tania Vieira Sampaio AB - The object of this article is to understand, through an analysis of elements of the history of "capoeira", certain search mechanisms for legitimacy in their universe, as well as different forms of organization and expression preserved in the Brazilian memory and culture. It was used the social memory as a reflexive analytical tool to better understand the formation processes of identities in a nation. The text brings the different constructive memories of aspects of Brazilian "capoeira" in dialogue with its recent record as an intangible cultural heritage of Brazil. BT - Movimento DO - 10.22456/1982-8918.42052 LA - English; Portuguese M1 - 2 N1 - Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul N2 - The object of this article is to understand, through an analysis of elements of the history of "capoeira", certain search mechanisms for legitimacy in their universe, as well as different forms of organization and expression preserved in the Brazilian memory and culture. It was used the social memory as a reflexive analytical tool to better understand the formation processes of identities in a nation. The text brings the different constructive memories of aspects of Brazilian "capoeira" in dialogue with its recent record as an intangible cultural heritage of Brazil. PY - 2014 SP - 735 EP - 755 T2 - Movimento TI - Capoeira: the social memory constructed through the body UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84900430495&doi=10.22456%2f1982-8918.42052&partnerID=40&md5=54b9213b3c1bdee83a0746aede474db1 VL - 20 SN - 0104754X (ISSN) ER -