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eprints-31650
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| recordtype |
eprints
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| institution |
SOAS, University of London
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| collection |
SOAS Research Online
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| topic |
GN Anthropology
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| description |
On the basis of fieldwork in Kinshasa, this essay makes a link between riots, the recent anthropology of “surplus populations,” and distributive politics in low-income countries, especially Africa. Tracing the history of a political demonstration turned riot, it shows how distribution structures the interactions between rich and poor in the city. Situating the riot in a context in which subjects are dependent on the market for goods but are not able to sell their labor, the essay shows the riot to be a rational intervention in a place where elites do not see popular support as especially important and where occupying space and controlling circulation and distribution are the primary political-economic imperatives.
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| format |
Journal Article
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| author |
Trapido, Joe
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| author_facet |
Trapido, Joe
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| authorStr |
Trapido, Joe
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| author_letter |
Trapido, Joe
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| title |
‘Masterless Men’; Riots, Patronage and the Politics of the Surplus Population in Kinshasa
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| publisher |
University of Chicago Press
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| publishDate |
2021
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31650/
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