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portada Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.4 cm
Weight
0.46 kg.
ISBN13
9780299340308
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Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa

Lesley Nicole Braun (Author) · University of Wisconsin Press · Hardcover

Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa - Braun, Lesley Nicole

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Synopsis "Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa"

Dance music plays a central role in the cultural, social, religious, and family lives of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the various genres popular in the capital city of Kinshasa, Congolese rumba occupies a special place and can be counted as one of the DRC's most well-known cultural exports. The public image of rumba was historically dominated by male bandleaders, singers, and musicians. However, with the introduction of the danseuse (professional concert dancer) in the late 1970s, the role of women as cultural, moral, and economic actors came into public prominence and helped further raise Congolese rumba's international profile. In Congo's Dancers, Lesley Nicole Braun uses the prism of the Congolese danseuse to examine the politics of control and the ways in which notions of visibility, virtue, and socio-economic opportunity are interlinked in this urban African context. The work of the danseuse highlights the fact that public visibility is necessary to build the social networks required for economic independence, even as this visibility invites social opprobrium for women. The concert dancer therefore exemplifies many of the challenges that women face in Kinshasa as they navigate the public sphere, and she illustrates the gendered differences of local patronage politics that shape public morality. As an ethnographer, Braun had unusual access to the world she documents, having been invited to participate as a concert dancer herself.

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