Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations Through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire

by Johannes Fabian

Book Overview

In 1985 Johannes Fabian, while engaged in fieldwork in the Shaba province of Zaire, first encountered this saying. Its implications-for the charismatic religious movements Fabian was examining, for the highly charged political atmosphere of Zaire, and for the cultures of the Luba peoples-continued to intrigue him, though its meaning remained elusive. On a later visit, he mentioned the saying to a company of popular actors, and triggered an ethnographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299125149
• ISBN13: 9780299125141
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"