Rap Beyond Resistance
Subtitle: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Sep 15, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9783319601823
Description: Ook 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'.
Notes: Source title: Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco (Pop Music, Culture and Identity)