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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ch. Didier GondolaPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780253020772ISBN 10: 0253020778 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 10 April 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of 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. Pere Buffalo 8. Avatars Glossary Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsAn 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, University of California, Santa Barbara 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, University of California, Santa Barbara 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, University of California, Santa Barbara 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 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, University of California, Santa Barbara 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. * American Historical Review * 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. * Research in African Literatures * Author InformationCh. Didier Gondola is Chair of the History Department and Professor of African History at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He is editor (with Peter J. Bloom and Charles Tshimanga) of Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France (IUP). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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