Gesture and Power Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo / Yolanda Covington-Ward.
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TextSeries: The religious cultures of African and African diaspora peoplePublisher: Duke University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations, mapISBN: 9780822374848Subject(s): Dance -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) | Body language -- Congo (Democratic Republic) | Kongo (African people) -- CommunicationGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 394 LOC classification: DT650.K66 | C68 2016Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
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.
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