Power and performance: ethnographic explorations through proverbial wisdom and theater in Sahaba, Zaire
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Beteilige Person: Fabian, Johannes 1937- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Madison, Wiconsin The University of Wisconsin Press [1990]
Schriftenreihe:New directions in anthropological writing
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Abstract:In 1985 the distinguished anthropologist, 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 brainstorm. Power and Performance examines traditional proverbs about power as it illustrates how the performance of Le pouvoir se mange entier was created, rehearsed, and performed by the Troupe Theatrale Mufwankolo. The play deals with the issue of power through a series of conflicts between villagers and their chief. Both rehearsal and performance versions of the text of this drama are included, in Swahili and in English translation.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 293-305
Umfang:xix, 314 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:0299125106
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