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Affiliation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

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Mailing Address Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium Parkstraat 45 Box 3615 B-3000 Leuven Belgium

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Countries of Specialization Congo (Democratic Republic)

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Research Interests interests include: Central Africa, religion (Pentecostalism), masculinities and femininities, politics, mass media, popular culture (theater, dance, sports). Ph.D. thesis on visual culture in Kinshasa, the production of television serials as modes of evangelization.

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Publications * "Fighting Boys, Strong Men, and Gorillas. Notes on the Imagination of Masculinities in Postcolonial Kinshasa (DR Congo)," Africa, Journal of the International Institute, 2007, 77 (2), 250-271. "Dancing for God or the Devil. Pentecostalist Politics of Popular Dance in Kinshasa," Journal of Religion in Africa. 2006, 36 (3-4), 296-318. "'We need to open up the country'. Development and the Christian Key Scenario in the Social Space of Kinshasa's Teleserials," JAMS - Journal of African Media Studies, 2007, 1 (2). Special Issue, December 2007: Selections from "Media and Social Change in Africa", Conference Held at the University of Westminster, March 2006. [17 pp.]

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