Breaking Rocks
Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa
Wersja papierowa
Autor:
Trapido Joe
Wydawnictwo:
Berghahn BooksISBN: 978-17-89207-94-1
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 272
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2020 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: dostępny
192,60 zł
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Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, <em>Breaking Rocks</em> 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.</p>