Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo /
Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979-
Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo / Yolanda Covington-Ward. - 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps. - The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people . - Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780822374848 (e-book)
Kongo (African people)--Communication.
Body language--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dance--Social aspects--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
DT650.K66 / C68 2016
394
Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo / Yolanda Covington-Ward. - 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps. - The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people . - Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780822374848 (e-book)
Kongo (African people)--Communication.
Body language--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dance--Social aspects--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
DT650.K66 / C68 2016
394