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

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

Fabian, Johannes

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing

AnthropologyGeneral Drama

ISBN10: 0299125149
ISBN13: 9780299125141
Publisher: Univ Of Wisconsin Pr
Published: Oct 15 1990
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 brainstorm. Spontaneously, they decided it would be just the right topic for their next play. On the spot they began planning-suggestions for a plot were made, problems of translating the French term 'pouvoir' were debated, several actors cited sayings and customs from their home villages. . . .

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