Tropical Cowboys

Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Men&, History, Africa
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Author: Ch. Didier Gondola ISBN: 9780253020802
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: April 10, 2016
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Ch. Didier Gondola
ISBN: 9780253020802
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: April 10, 2016
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

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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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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