Rap beyond resistance: staging power in contemporary Morocco

• Main Author: Moreno Almeida, Cristina
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• Subjects: Rap (Music) > Morocco > History and criticism ; History; 782.4216 MOR 2017
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/92352
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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'.