<ul> <li> Unique in proposing a model for how individuals engaged in a particular body-culture use travel as a way of signaling their commitment to the genre.</li> <li> The approach in describing how non-Brazilians position themselves to claim legitimacy within the field of capoeira on Brazilians' 'home turf' is a unique perspective.</li> <li> This is the first anthropological monograph based on participant-observation of capoeira that is written by a woman.</li></ul>