"Nation against the system": nationalist rap as the voice of marginalized classes and losers from the neoliberal transformation in Poland. Issue 4 (2nd October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Żuk, Piotr; Żuk, Paweł
• Is Part Of: Communication and critical/cultural studies. Volume 18:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 369
• Page End: 389
• Publication Date: 2021-10-02
• Subjects: rap -- nationalist discourse -- semiperiphery -- class and nationalism -- far right; Communication and culture -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; 302.205
• DOI: 10.1080/14791420.2021.1905168
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1479-1420

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the phenomenon of nationalist rap in Poland. According to the authors, the seemingly independent rap uses a more radical version of the discourse of the right-wing establishment that refers to nationalism, Islamophobia, and opposition to migrants. As there is no left-wing cultural narrative in the public space, nationalist rap has become a voice of those who have not benefited from the process of neoliberal transformation in Eastern Europe and a musical setting for the far right. From this perspective, nationalist rap is an identity response to class marginalization.