Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power In Contemporary Morocco (pop Music, Culture And Identity)
by Cristina Moreno Almeida /
2017 / English / PDF
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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’.
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’.
