Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo / Yolanda Covington-Ward.

By: Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Religious cultures of African and African diaspora peoplePublisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780822374848 (e-book)Subject(s): Kongo (African people) -- Communication | Body language -- Congo (Democratic Republic) | Dance -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo.DDC classification: 394 LOC classification: DT650.K66 | C68 2016Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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