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Gesture and Power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2016]
Edition:[Open access version].
Series:Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
Subjects:
Body language > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dance > Social aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo (African people) > Communication.
Langage du corps > Congo (République démocratique)
Danse > Aspect social > Congo (République démocratique)
Kongo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Communication.
Body language
Dance > Social aspects
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.