Rap Beyond Resistance (eBook)

Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco

Cristina Moreno Almeida (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
IX, 181 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-60183-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book fills the gap in existing literature by exploring other forms of political discourses in non-Western rap music. Theoretically, it challenges and explores resistance, arguing towards the need for different epistemological frameworks in which to look at narratives of cultural resistance in the Arabic-speaking world.  Empirically, it provides an in-depth look at the politics of rap culture in Morocco. Rap Beyond Resistance bridges the humanities and social sciences in order to de-Westernize cultural studies, presenting the political narratives of the Moroccan rap scene beyond secular liberal meanings of resistance. By exploring what is political, this book brings light to a vibrant and varied rap scene diverse in its political discourses - with an emphasis on patriotism and postcolonial national identity - and uncovers different ways in which young artists are being political beyond 'radical lyrics'.

Cristina Moreno Almeida is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at King's College London and a visiting fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Autor

Cristina Moreno Almeida is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at King’s College London, UK, and a visiting fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Deciphering Moroccan 'Cool'.- 3. Rap and the Revival of Patriotism.- 4. Branding Patriotism, Commodifying Resistance.- 5. Visual Representations of Power: Urban Spaces and Rooftops.- 6. Economies of Resistance. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Pop Music, Culture and Identity
• Reihe/Serie: Pop Music, Culture and Identity
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 181 p. 7 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: moroccan rap • Morocco • music • non-Western music • popular music • Rap • Youth
• ISBN-10: 3-319-60183-0 / 3319601830
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-60183-0 / 9783319601830