Egyptian hip-hop
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This ethnographic study of the Egyptian underground hip-hop scene examines the artists who collectively molded the scene and analyzes their practices and explores how these artists have interacted with and responded to political and social upheaval and change. It reveals how rappers approached and reformulated the genre in times of revolution and stasis to reveal how rap acts as a multi-layered form of expression. More specifically, it examines the location of the art form within the broader history of oppositional cultural expression in Egypt, outlining the artists' oppositions to various hegemonic structures and critically deconstructing them to reveal that they often reflect dominant ideology.
Title |
Egyptian hip-hop : expressions from the underground / Ellen R. Weis. |
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Publisher |
Cairo, Egypt New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press |
Creation Date |
[2016] |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Content |
Genealogies, Origins, and Narratives : Egyptian Rap -- Degrees of Opposition : Hip-Hop and Expression -- Artistic Practices and Aesthetic Aims -- Identity Formation in the Egyptian Underground Hip-Hop Scene. |
Series |
Cairo papers in social science v. 34, no. 1 |
Extent |
1 online resource (95 pages) |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2016 |
National Library system number |
997012410091705171 |
MARC RECORDS
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