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Abstract
My dissertation, is titled The Gracie Clan and the Making of Brazilian jiu‐jitsu:
National Identity, Performance and Culture, 1801‐1993. It analyzes the introduction,
creolization, popularization and globalization of the martial art known as Brazilian
jiu‐jitsu, by examining the trajectory of the principal agents of these events, the
Gracie family. My narrative covers almost two hundred years and encompasses four