{"product_id":"power-and-performance-ethnographic-explorations-through-proverbial-wisdom-and-theater-in-shaba-zaire-9780299125141","title":"Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations Through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Johannes Fabian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. . . .\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Power and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e examines traditional proverbs about power as it illustrates how the performance of \u003ci\u003eLe pouvoir se mange entier\u003c\/i\u003e was created, rehearsed, and performed. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615158059159,"sku":"9780299125141","price":2475.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780299125141.webp?v=1775098436","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/power-and-performance-ethnographic-explorations-through-proverbial-wisdom-and-theater-in-shaba-zaire-9780299125141","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}