On Laughter, the Grotesque, and the Ability to Pretend

This article explores the complex role of laughter, the grotesque, and the practice of pretense in everyday life in Goma, a city in the war-affected Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Goma since 2008, the study examines how residents naviga...

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Autor principal:	Oldenburg, Silke
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	INALCO 2025
Materias:	agentivité Rire humour faire semblant incertitude grotesque inquiétant Goma République démocratique du Congo Laughter pretense uncertainty uncanny DR Congo agency
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.4000/15cgi https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/15cgi https://journals.openedition.org/clo/14755
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