Brithop: The Politics of UK Rap in the New Century 1st Edition by Justin A. Williams 0190656808 9780190656805

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• ISBN 10:  0190656808

• ISBN 13: 9780190656805

• Author:Justin A. Williams

With ongoing debates on Scottish independence, immigration, Britain’s place in the EU, multiculturalism, national identity and the specter of a past Empire complicating ethnically-defined notions of “Britishness,” the Kingdom seems far from United. As a cultural force that is often discussed as giving voice to the voiceless and empowering marginalized communities, hip-hop has become a space in which to explore and debate these issues-defining global community while celebrating locality. In Brithop, author Justin A. Williams finds new hope in an often-neglected figure: the British rapper.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: Rapping Back to the Postcolonial Melancholia of Twenty-First-Century Britain
2. Nationalism: “My England”: Banal Nationalism, Discourses, and Counter-Narratives
3. History: Rapping Postcoloniality: Akala’s “The Thieves Banquet” and Neocolonial Critique
4. Subculture/Style: Punk Aesthetics in Sleaford Mods and Lethal Bizzle
5. Politics: “Colonized by Wankers”: Performing the Scottish Independence Debate through Hip-Hop
6. Humor: The Hyperlocal and the Outsider: Humor and Stereotypes in the Parody Videos of Goldie Lookin Chain and Bricka Bricka
7. Politics, Identity, and Belonging: British Rappers of the Middle Eastern Dias

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