Description: Tropical CowboysWesterns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa Author(s): Ch. Didier Gondola Format: Hardback Publisher: Indiana University Press, United States Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 9780253020666, 978-0253020666 Synopsis 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
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Tropical Cowboys: Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 517 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Ch. Didier Gondola
Subject Area: Gender Issues
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
