| Author |
Moreno Almeida, Cristina.
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| Series |
Pop Music, Culture and Identity |
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Pop music, culture and identity.
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| Subject |
Rap -- Morocco.
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| Description |
1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Straightjacket of Resistance; Beyond the Hidden Transcripts; Fetishizing Rap and Resistance; The Trap of 'Conscious' Rap; A Turn to Aesthetics; Within or Beyond Resistance?; A Note on Language; Limits and Limitations; References; Chapter 2 Deciphering Moroccan 'Cool'; Sketches of the New Morocco; Marginalized Urban Youth; Terrorism, Heavy Metal and Islam; The End of 'Exceptionalism'; Popular Music and National Identity; The Birth of Moroccan Rap; Cultural Patrons and Music Festivals. |
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Imagining the Moroccan 'Cool': The Nayda MovementReferences; Chapter 3 Rap and the Revival of Patriotism; Rituals of Power; Constructing the Postcolonial National Identity; Genesis of Patriotic Rap; Iconography of Power; Songs of Unity; Rap, Media, and the February 20 Protests; References; Chapter 4 Branding Patriotism, Commodifying Resistance; Sponsoring a Utopia; Marketing Patriotism; Exposing Patriotic Demagogy; Between Keepin' It Real and Commodifying Rebellion; References; Chapter 5 Visual Representations of Power: Urban Spaces and Rooftops; Festivalization of Urban Spaces. |
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Rabat's Spatial HierarchyCasablanca's Narratives of Power; Views from Above; Contentious Spaces, Posters and Casablanca; Reimaging the City Beyond Resistance; References; Chapter 6 Economies of Resistance; Economic Strategies of Cultural Dominance; Producing and Distributing a Rap Album; The Moroccan Copyright Office (BMDA); Copyright, Creative Commons and Piracy; Strategies for Economic Resistance?; The Limits of Digital Media; References; Final Remarks; Appendix; Index. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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'. |
| ISBN |
9783319601830 |
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3319601830 |
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9783319601823 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
10.1007/978-3-319-60183-0 |
| OCLC # |
1004612727 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Moreno Almeida, Cristina. Rap Beyond Resistance : Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017 9783319601823 |
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