Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo
Title:
Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo
Author:
Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- author.
ISBN:
9780822374848
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series:
The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
Contents:
Neither native nor stranger : places, encounters, prophecies -- "A war between soldiers and prophets" : embodied resistance in colonial Belgian Congo, 1921 -- Threatening gestures, immoral bodies : Kingunza after Kimbangu -- Dancing with the invisible : everyday performances under Mobutu Sese Seko -- Dancing disorder in Mobutu's Zaire : animation politique and gendered nationalisms -- Bundu dia Kongo and embodied revolutions : performing Kongo pride -- Transforming modern society.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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