Breaking Rocks. Joe TrapidoКультурология. Dislocations
- Название
- Breaking Rocks
- Автор:
- Joe Trapido
- Серия:
- Dislocations
- Жанр:
- Культурология
- Год выпуска:
- 0
- isbn:
- 9781785333996
- Аннотация:
- 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.