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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Päätekijä: Oldenburg, Silke
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Kieli:Anglais
Julkaistu: Cahiers de littérature orale 2025
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