Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

Trapido, Joe

ISBN 10 : 1785333984 ISBN 13 : 9781785333989

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2016

Synopsis

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks of musicians and patrons - who include gangsters based in Europe, kleptocratic politicians in Congo, and lawless diamond dealers in northern Angola - this book offers insights into ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, as well as a glimpse into the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joe Trapido works in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. A fan of Congolese music, he is also a follower of Congolese society and politics more generally. His work has been published in the New Left Review and in Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785333984
• ISBN 13: 9781785333989
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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