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Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- author.

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

Publication Info.

Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
	Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Kongo (African people) -- Communication.
	Body language -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
	Dance -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Covington-Ward, Yolanda. Gesture and power : religion, nationalism, and everyday performance in Congo. Durham : Duke University Press, 2016 The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people 9780822360209
ISBN	9780822360209 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780822360360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780822374848 (e-book)