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The Ugandan hip-hop image: the uses of activism and excess in fragile sites
Popular Music ( IF 0.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-19 , DOI: 10.1017/s0261143020000446
Simran Singh

This article discusses the characteristics of image in Ugandan hip-hop with a particular focus on representations of activism and excess. Locating Uganda as a fragile site on the basis of widespread political, social and economic marginalisation, this examination considers members of Uganda's first generation of hip-hop artists, to argue that both activism and excess act in singular response to these circumstances. Finding articulation in strivings for economic freedom and social justice, the Ugandan hip-hop image reveals negotiations of histories of colonialism and of contemporary neoliberal capitalism: in doing so, it raises intersections of race and gender, informed by hip-hop's significance as a multi-billion-dollar global industry. This cross-disciplinary inquiry combines ethnomusicology with media, cultural and visual studies in dialogue with political economy.

中文翻译:

乌干达嘻哈形象:激进主义和过度活动在脆弱场所的使用

本文讨论了乌干达嘻哈中形象的特征,特别关注激进主义和过度的表现。在广泛的政治、社会和经济边缘化的基础上,将乌干达定位为一个脆弱的地方,这项考试考虑了乌干达第一代嘻哈艺术家的成员,认为激进主义和过度行为都是对这些情况的独特反应。在争取经济自由和社会正义的努力中,乌干达嘻哈形象揭示了殖民主义历史和当代新自由主义资本主义的谈判:这样做,它提出了种族和性别的交叉点,嘻哈作为多元文化的重要性-十亿美元的全球产业。这种跨学科的调查将民族音乐学与媒体相结合,
更新日期:2021-03-19
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