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Tropical cowboys : Westerns, violence, and masculinity in Kinshasa / Ch. Didier Gondola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gondola, Ch. Didier, 1966- author.
- Series:
- African expressive cultures.
- African Expressive Cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshas.
- Gangs.
- Young men--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Social conditions--19th century.
- Young men.
- Masculinity--Social aspects--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa.
- Masculinity.
- Youth and violence--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa.
- Youth and violence.
- Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gondola argues that this street culture became a backdrop for Congo-Zaire's emergence as an independent nation and continues to exert powerful influence on the country's urban youth culture today.
- Contents:
- Part I. Falling men
- "Big men"
- A colonial Cronos
- Missionary interventions
- Part II. Man up!
- Tropical cowboys
- Performing masculinities
- Protectors and predators
- Part III. Metamorphoses
- Pere Buffalo
- Avatars.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253020802
- 0253020808
- OCLC:
- 947618472
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