Main entry:

Boeck, Filip de.

Title & Author:

Kinshasa : tales of the invisible city / Filip de Boeck & [photographs by] Marie-Francoise Plissart.

Publication:

[Kinshasa] : Ludion ; Tervuren : Royal Museum for Central Africa ; [Antwerp] : Vlaams Architectuurinstituut ; VAi, ©2004.

Description:

285 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This book has been published as a sequel to the exhibition Kinshasa, the Imaginary City. This project was commissioned by the Ministry of the Flemish Community for the Venice Architecture Biennial held from 9 September through 7 November 2004"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (271-277) and indexes.
Preface : reflecting on reflection through photography and text -- Kinshasa : tales of the invisible city and the second world, an introduction -- Invisible cities I : the 'Giant of Kinshasa', the story of conversion -- Beyond the grave : memory, time, apocalypse and death in Kinshasa -- Invisible cities II : Omba Shako, the story of a street kid -- The second world : children, the street and the occult in Kinshasa -- Invisible cities III : Mado, the story of a female diamond smuggler -- The possibilities of the (im)possible.

ISBN:

9055445282 (paperback)
9789055445288 (paperback)

Subject:

Social change Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Social change.
Travel.
Kinshasa (Congo) Civilization.
Kinshasa (Congo) Social life and customs.
Kinshasa (Congo) Description and travel.
Kinshasa (Congo) Pictorial works.
Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa.
Cities Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
Pictorial works.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Plissart, Marie-Françoise.
International Architectural Exhibition (12th : 2010 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239031
Call No.: HT148.C75 B6 2004
Status: Available