Power and performance: ethnographic explorations through proverbial wisdom and theater in shaba, zaire
Auteur :
Fabian, Johannes
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299125141
Date de publication :
30 oct. 1990
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An examination of traditional proverbs about power. The book presents rehearsal and performance versions of a play which emerged from the author's attempts to track down the meaning of a phrase - "power is eaten whole" - which he encountered when he was engaged in fieldwork in Shaha, Zaire.