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GESTURE AND POWER;RELIGION, NATIONALISM, AND EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE IN CONGO.

In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the Lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Conceiving of the body as the center of analys...

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Main Author: YOLANDA COVINGTON-WARD
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: DURHAM : DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015.
Subjects:
Body language > Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dance > Social aspects > Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kongo (African people) > Communication.
Langage du corps > Congo (République démocratique)
Danse > Aspect social > Congo (République démocratique)
Kongo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Communication.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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