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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255081403321

Autore

Moreno Almeida Cristina

Titolo

Rap Beyond Resistance : Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco / / by Cristina Moreno Almeida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319601830

3319601830

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 181 p. 7 illus.)

Collana

Pop Music, Culture and Identity, , 2634-6621

Disciplina

780

Soggetti

Music

Popular culture

Culture

Ethnology - Africa

Popular Culture

Global and International Culture

African Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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. .

Sommario/riassunto

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'.