Gesture and Power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performan ce in Congo / Yolanda Covington-Ward.

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Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- [ author.]

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Computer fileSeries: The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people Durham : Duke University Press, 2016Description: xi, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:

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9780822360209 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780822360360 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Contents:

Neither native nor stranger : places, encounters, prophecies -- "A w ar between soldiers and prophets" : embodied resistance in colonial Bel gian Congo, 1921 -- Threatening gestures, immoral bodies : Kingunza aft er Kimbangu -- Dancing with the invisible : everyday performances under Mobutu Sese Seko -- Dancing disorder in Mobutu's Zaire : animation pol itique and gendered nationalisms -- Bundu dia Kongo and embodied revolu tions : performing Kongo pride -- Transforming modern society.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.

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