Breaking Rocks
Download or Read eBook Breaking Rocks PDF written by Joe Trapido and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Joe Trapido |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2016-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781785333996 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1785333992 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Breaking Rocks by : Joe Trapido
Book excerpt: 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.
