Gesture and Power

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
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Duke University Press 2021
Subjects:	Anthropology Bundu dia Kongo Congo Basin Democratic Republic of the Congo Kingdom of Kongo Kinshasa Kongo people Luozi Mobutu Sese Seko Simon Kimbangu Zaire
Online Access:	649994
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