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Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations Through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire - New direction in anthropological writing Paper edition
Johannes Fabian
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Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations Through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire - New direction in anthropological writing Paper edition
Johannes Fabian
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.
320 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 15, 1990 |
| ISBN13 | 9780299125141 |
| Publishers | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 233 × 22 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |
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