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Author Gondola, Ch. Didier, 1966- author.

Title Tropical cowboys : Westerns, violence, and masculinity in Kinshasa / Ch. Didier Gondola
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Series African expressive cultures
African expressive cultures.
Contents Part I. Falling men -- "Big men" -- A colonial Cronos -- Missionary interventions -- Part II. Man up! -- Tropical cowboys -- Performing masculinities -- Protectors and predators -- Part III. Metamorphoses -- Pere Buffalo -- Avatars
Summary During 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Gangs -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Young men -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Masculinity -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Youth and violence -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Men's Studies.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Masculinity -- Social aspects
Gangs
Social conditions
Young men -- Social conditions
Männlichkeit
Gewalt
Soziale Situation
SUBJECT Kinshasa (Congo) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Republik Kongo
Kinshasa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015043496
ISBN 9780253020802
0253020808