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[ecrea] New book: Rap beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco

Fri Oct 06 16:55:11 GMT 2017



I am very pleased to announce the recently publication of my new book/*Rap beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco *(https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319601823)./

This book 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; and combines discourse analysis, producers’ interviews, participant observation and field observations gathered over 4 years of research in Morocco.

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’.

Published by Palgrave Macmillan.

For more details:Palgrave.com <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palgrave.com%2Fgb%2Fbook%2F9783319601823%23otherversion%3D9783319601830&data=01%7C01%7Ccristina.moreno_almeida%40kcl.ac.uk%7C9ce78c6542344bc4db4408d50039b0a3%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=bmuvvhs3ZxXwPctfrMixKAtC8fESL5JBcXjKRA%2BEGeY%3D&reserved=0> and Springer Link <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgb%2Fbook%2F9783319601823%23otherversion%3D9783319601830&data=01%7C01%7Ccristina.moreno_almeida%40kcl.ac.uk%7C9ce78c6542344bc4db4408d50039b0a3%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=51Ca1UaKMFpmkww75DRq3iDwhkTfMI84LDGot%2BX%2BzFY%3D&reserved=0>

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