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Breaking Rocks - Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa (Paperback) Loot Price: R843
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Breaking Rocks - Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa (Paperback): Joe Trapido

Breaking Rocks - Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa (Paperback)

Joe Trapido

Series: Dislocations

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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.

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Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Dislocations
Release date: September 2020
Authors: Joe Trapido
Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-78920-794-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > Music > General
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LSN: 1-78920-794-0
Barcode: 9781789207941

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