ISBN:
0299125106
,
0299125149
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 314 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
New directions in anthropological writing
DDC:
305.8/96393067518
Keywords:
Groupe Mufwankolo
;
Troupe Théâtrale Mufwankolo
;
Groupe Mufwankolo
;
Luba (Peuple d'Afrique)
;
Luba (volk)
;
Philosophie baluba
;
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
;
Taalgebruik
;
Théâtre - Congo (République démocratique) - Katanga
;
Toneel
;
Sprachgebrauch
;
Theater
;
Luba (African people)
;
Theater -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Katanga
;
Philosophy, Luba
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Sprichwort
;
Volkstheater
;
Ethnologie
;
Katanga
;
Katanga
;
Sprichwort
;
Ethnologie
;
Katanga
;
Volkstheater
;
Ethnologie
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.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 293-305
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