Description: Tropical Cowboys : Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa, Hardcover by Gondola, Ch. Didier, ISBN 0253020662, ISBN-13 9780253020666, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Tropical Cowboys : Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshas
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Tropical Cowboys : Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Sociology / General, Men's Studies, Africa / Central, Violence in Society, Criminology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ch. Didier Gondola
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Series: African Expressive Cultures Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
