{"product_id":"tropical-cowboys-westerns-violence-and-masculinity-in-kinshasa-paperback-softback-9780253020772","title":"Tropical Cowboys; Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253020772","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTropical Cowboys\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWesterns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCh. Didier Gondola (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253020772\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Its approach in terms of poverty and unemployment combined with a subtle interest in performance and the creation of an original culture makes this book an eye-opener. Both the dramatic subject and the author's vivid style make it a pleasure to read and also food for thought regarding issues that haunt not only Africa but also the world at large.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In conclusion, both undergraduate and graduate students of African history, urban history, women's sexuality, gender studies, and even transnational film studies would benefit from this book. . . . Additionally, as the provocative title suggests, American undergraduate students—even those unfamiliar or new to Central African literatures—will find this book both engaging and accessible because of parallels and differences drawn between the American Far West and Kinshasa.\"—\u003ci\u003eResearch in African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An innovative and original study that sheds light on masculinity, youth culture, performative violence, and the circuit of global imagery in the townships of Kinshasa.\"—Stephan F. Miescher, author of Making Men in Ghana and Modernization as Spectacle in Africa\u003cbr\u003e \"Aligns social banditry with popular cultural formations and subcultures. This has been a longstanding feature of Didier Gondola's scholarship that is of great interest.\"—Peter J. Bloom, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1950s and 60s in the Congo city of Kinshasa, there emerged young urban male gangs known as \"Bills\" or \"Yankees.\" Modeling themselves on the images of the iconic American cowboy from Hollywood film, the \"Bills\" sought to negotiate lives lived under oppressive economic, social, and political conditions. They developed their own style, subculture, and slang and as Ch. Didier Gondola shows, engaged in a quest for manhood through bodybuilding, marijuana, violent sexual behavior, and other transgressive acts. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Falling Men\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Big Men\"\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Colonial Cronos\u003cbr\u003e 3. Missionary Interventions\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Man Up!\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eTropical Cowboys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Performing Masculinities\u003cbr\u003e 6. Protectors and Predators\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Metamorphoses\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pere Buffalo\u003cbr\u003e 8. Avatars\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52693184381208,"sku":"9780253020772","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tropical-cowboys-westerns-violence-and-masculinity-in-kinshasa-paperback-softback-9780253020772","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}