CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Oh, Joyce Ha Young |
|---|---|
| Title | The Politics of Representation: Social Memory Re-Imagined in Palestinian Hip-Hop and Its Role in Nationalism |
| Summary | For over half a century, issues of authenticity and ownership have fueled the Israel-Palestine polemic. The Palestinian community is one that is territorially fragmented into categories of refugees, urban, diasporic, exiled, immobilized, among others. The isolation and separation of these communities obstructs the development of a collective identity while popular culture easily disseminated through technological networks provide a way for a continued, cohesive social identity. An in-depth look at one particular contemporary musical genre, Palestinian hip-hop, reveals a powerful narrative of Palestinian identity as it exists within its specific political situation. A cross-comparative analysis with previous folk literature and music understands a subtle re-writing of the Palestinian social imaginary and follows the progression that absorbs, remembers, and re-imagines the social consciousness. The research also acknowledges this medium in conjunction with the global mediascape as an ambitious tool of national aspirations. I propose that existing theoretical frames of nation and music are not adequate for the existing dialectics of power relations and identity negotiations and provides useful direction for future studies. |
| Supervisor | Monterescu, Daniel |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/oh_joyce.pdf |
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