Nep-hop for peace? Political visions and divisions in the booming Nepalese hip-hop scene. (May 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Nep-hop for peace? Political visions and divisions in the booming Nepalese hip-hop scene. (May 2021)
- Main Title:
- Nep-hop for peace? Political visions and divisions in the booming Nepalese hip-hop scene
- Authors:
- Lundqvist, Martin
- Abstract:
- This article explores the burgeoning Nepalese hip-hop scene – commonly known as nep-hop – as a discursive intervention in the post-war politics of Nepal. Its core argument is that nep-hop oftentimes demonstrates an ethos of peacebuilding through popular culture. Indeed, many songs explicitly criticize violence, war, and the political leaders who recently brought the nation to a civil war. Yet, this political critique appears to often fall on deaf ears, due to the fact that nep-hop is commonly decoded as a radically 'alien' and 'vulgar' genre by audiences in mainstream Nepalese society. Importantly, however, this should not be read as a rejection of the ideological content of nep-hop, but rather as a negative evaluation of the aesthetic form of the genre, which bars many Nepalese citizens from engaging with its political messages in a meaningful manner.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of cultural studies. Volume 24:Number 3(2021)
- Journal:
- International journal of cultural studies
- Issue:
- Volume 24:Number 3(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 24, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0024-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 454
- Page End:
- 469
- Publication Date:
- 2021-05
- Subjects:
- audience studies -- Nepal -- nep-hop -- peacebuilding -- popular culture
Culture -- Periodicals
Mass media -- Periodicals
Popular culture -- Periodicals
306.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://ics.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1367877920978658 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1367-8779
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