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Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa
Joe Trapido
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Description for Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa
Hardback. Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music. This book offers insights into both the ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, and the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 290 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 518.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Dislocations
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333989
SKU
V9781785333989
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Ref
99-15
About Joe Trapido
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.
Reviews for Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa
Built upon a stunningly rich ethnography, Breaking Rocks elaborates on the political entanglement of the music industry spanning across the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Congolese diaspora. A witty, fresh account, including stories and case studies rooted in a thorough period of fieldwork, Breaking Rocks is simply a must-read for anyone either professionally or amateurishly inclined to anthropology or ... Read more