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.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press
[2016]
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| Colección: | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429938906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
