“Poverty” and the politics of syncopation: Urban examples from Kinshasa (DR Congo)

Current Anthropology

Volumn 56, Issue S11, 2015, Pages S146-S158

  De Boeck, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84946712582     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682392     Document Type: Article

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