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

In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Conceiving of the body as the center of analys...

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Main Author: Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Series:Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
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