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Tropical Cowboys : Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: African Expressive Cultures SeriesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253020802
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tropical CowboysDDC classification:
  • 302.3409675112
LOC classification:
  • HV6439.C752G66 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Falling Men -- 1 "Big Men" -- 2 A Colonial Cronos -- 3 Missionary Interventions -- Part II. Man Up! -- 4 Tropical Cowboys -- 5 Performing Masculinities -- 6 Protectors and Predators -- Part III. Metamorphoses -- 7 Père Buffalo -- 8 Avatars -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Falling Men -- 1 "Big Men" -- 2 A Colonial Cronos -- 3 Missionary Interventions -- Part II. Man Up! -- 4 Tropical Cowboys -- 5 Performing Masculinities -- 6 Protectors and Predators -- Part III. Metamorphoses -- 7 Père Buffalo -- 8 Avatars -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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