religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo /
Yolanda Covington-Ward
xi, 287 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) 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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Body language-- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dance-- Social aspects-- Congo (Democratic Republic)