Rap Beyond Resistance

Unravels the political economy of music analysing private media, state-funded music festivals, self-production and digital culture as key elements in non-Western cultural contexts
Connects the production of certain narratives to the awareness of the politics of the cultural field
Combines discourse analysis, producers' interviews, participant observation and field observations gathered over 4 years of research in Morocco

Autorentext
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.