{"product_id":"suturing-the-city-filip-de-boeck-9789462704558","title":"Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo's Urban Worlds","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Filip de Boeck, Sammy Baloji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9462704554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462704558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.76h x 8.04w x 0.94d","brand":"Filip de Boeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136566411519,"sku":"9789462704558","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1c7a8a5-85c2-48c3-9a44-e0ffb62d7c77.jpg?v=1755023736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/suturing-the-city-filip-de-boeck-9789462704558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}