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Breaking Rocks - Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,079

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Breaking Rocks - Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa (Hardcover): Joe Trapido

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

Joe Trapido

Series: Dislocations

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Loot Price R3,079 Discovery Miles 30 790 | Repayment Terms: R289 pm x 12*

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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:	December 2016
Authors:	Joe Trapido
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-398-9
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 Promotions
LSN:	1-78533-398-4
Barcode:	9781785333989