Abstract Hustling as a concept has travelled through the global soundscapes of impoverished, neglected, racialized and otherwise marginalized urban settings. The widespread rearticulation of the term ‘hustling’ in a broad range of urban languages reveals that its use in particular forms of Black Atlantic music cultures speaks to shared experiences worldwide. Simultaneously, it shows the flexibility of this term to acquire new and unfolding meanings. This article focuses on the modes in which poor young men in Nairobi (re)deploy, translate and practise hustling to fit immediate circumstances and imagine possible futures, and on the meanings these men produce in the process. I argue that interrogating hustling as a practice provides insights into gendered experiences of urban life worlds in the underserved and highly policed areas of Nairobi, which may tentatively resonate with young men in comparable positions worldwide. I specifically examine how positions of (junior) manhood are configured by localized hustling practices to elucidate how navigating fear and hope, while facing extreme uncertainty, simultaneously defines and undermines their sense of manhood.

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提供归属感：内罗毕“贫民窟”的阳刚之气、喧嚣和经济不确定性

摘要 作为一个概念，喧嚣已经穿越了贫困、被忽视、种族化和其他边缘化的城市环境的全球音景。广泛的城市语言中“喧嚣”一词的广泛重新表述表明，它在特定形式的黑人大西洋音乐文化中的使用说明了全世界的共同经历。同时，它显示了该术语获得新的和展开的含义的灵活性。本文重点介绍内罗毕的贫困青年（重新）部署、翻译和练习忙碌以适应当前环境和想象可能的未来的模式，以及这些人在此过程中产生的意义。我认为，将喧嚣作为一种实践进行审讯，可以深入了解内罗毕服务不足和高度管制地区的城市生活世界的性别体验，这可能会暂时引起全球类似职位的年轻人的共鸣。我专门研究了（初级）男子气概的位置是如何通过局部的喧嚣实践来配置的，以阐明在面临极端不确定性的同时，如何驾驭恐惧和希望，同时定义和削弱他们的男子气概。