Gesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo

by Yolanda Covington-Ward

Book Overview

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 analysis, a catalyst for social action, and as a conduit for the social construction of reality, Covington-Ward focuses on specific flash points in the last...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822360365
• ISBN13: 9780822360360
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"