Breaking Rocks

Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa

AvJoe Trapido

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del 19 i serien Dislocations

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Dislocations
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781789207941

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

“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 musicology.” Kristien Geenen, Ghent University

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1. Bars, Music, Gender and PoliticsChapter 2. Exchange, Music, PatronageChapter 3. Potlatch Migrants: Travelling to Europe, Arriving in KinshasaChapter 4. Rights, Piracy and ProducersChapter 5. The Président as Gatekeeper, Patronage as a Class Relationship. Elders and Cadets Rey Reproduced Now.Chapter 6. Mikiliste EconomiesChapter 7. Love and MoneyChapter 8. Charismatic FetishismConclusionBibliographyIndex