{"product_id":"suturing-the-city-living-together-in-congos-urban-worlds-paperback-1","title":"Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo's Urban Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFilip de Boeck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSammy Baloji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ethnographic and photographic investigation into the complex meanings of living in Congo's urban worlds today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing upon the 'urban now', a moment suspended between lingering precolonial references, the broken dreams of a colonial past, and the not yet realised promises of neoliberal futures, this book provides an ethnographic and photographic investigation of the complex meanings of living - and living together - in Congo's urban worlds today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors, anthropologist Filip De Boeck and photographer Sammy Baloji, take the reader on a tour of specific urban sites in Kinshasa and beyond. In their detailed analysis these sites emerge as suturing points in which the possibilities of collective urban action and dreams of a shared future continue to be explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilip De Boeck is a professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSammy Baloji is a visual artist based in Brussels and Lubumbashi. His work has been exhibited and published internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.76 x 8.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520938229981,"sku":"9789462704558","price":67.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/CNMv6jbnwm9789462704558_ac077bc1-6e0d-4a53-aeb3-d2ed560308a0.webp?v=1772249023","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/suturing-the-city-living-together-in-congos-urban-worlds-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}