Tropical Cowboys
Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 23800615 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Ch Didier Gondola, Ch Gondola (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2016 |
| Páginas | 270 |
| Data de publicação | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | BOOK |
| Periódico | Tropical Cowboys (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editora | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/11132.0 |
| OpenAlex | W4409476158 |
| Open Library | OL28586742M |
| ISBN | 9780253020666 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 7 |
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.
Geography · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Viral Infections and Vectors · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Congo (democratic republic) · Gangs · Gewalt · Jeunes hommes · Männlichkeit · Masculinité · Masculinity · Men's Studies · Psychology · Social aspects · Social conditions · Social psychology · Social Science · Soziale Situation · Violence chez les jeunes · Young men · Youth and violence
| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,78 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 7 |