TY - DATA AU - Covington-Ward, Yolanda, TI - Gesture and Power: religion, nationalism, and everyday performan ce in Congo T2 - The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people SN - 9780822360209 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 394 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Durham PB - Duke University Press KW - Kongo (African people) KW - Communication KW - Body language KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Dance KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index; 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 UR - http://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&u iLanguage=en&template=&query=Gesture+and+Power+ ER -