Author : Ellen R. Weis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Hip-hop
ISBN : 1617977144
Egyptian Hip-Hop
Ellen R. Weis
Egyptian Hip Hop Expressions From The Underground
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Egyptian Hip-Hop: Expressions from the Underground
Ellen R. Weis
Author : Ellen R. Weis
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617978517
Egyptian Hip-Hop: Expressions from the Underground by Ellen R. Weis Pdf
This ethnographic study of the Egyptian underground hip-hop scene examines the artists who collectively molded the scene and analyzes their practices and explores how these artists have interacted with and responded to political and social upheaval and change. It reveals how rappers approached and reformulated the genre in times of revolution and stasis to reveal how rap acts as a multi-layered form of expression. More specifically, it examines the location of the art form within the broader history of oppositional cultural expression in Egypt, outlining the artists' oppositions to various hegemonic structures and critically deconstructing them to reveal that they often reflect dominant ideology.
Hip Hop around the World [2 volumes]
Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith,Anthony J. Fonseca
Author : Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith,Anthony J. Fonseca
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 933 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216096184
Hip Hop around the World [2 volumes] by Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith,Anthony J. Fonseca Pdf
This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity. Hip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. Hip Hop around the World includes more than 450 entries on global hip hop culture as it includes music, art, fashion, dance, social and cultural movements, organizations, and styles of hip hop. Virtually every country is represented in the text. Most of the entries focus on music styles and notable musicians and are unique in that they discuss the sound of various hip hop styles and musical artists' lyrical content, vocal delivery, vocal ranges, and more. Many additional entries deal with dance styles, such as breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, popping/locking, clowning, and krumping, and cultural movements, such as black nationalism, Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation, and Universal Zulu Nation. Country entries take into account politics, history, language, authenticity, and personal and community identification. Special care is taken to draw relationships between people and entities such as mentor-apprentice, producer-musician, and more.
Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture
Tamara Chahine Maatouk
Author : Tamara Chahine Maatouk
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617979248
Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture by Tamara Chahine Maatouk Pdf
In 1957 the public sector in Egyptian cinema was established, followed shortly by the emergence of public-sector film production in 1960, only to end eleven years later, in 1971. Assailed with negativity since its demise, if not earlier, this state adventure in film production was dismissed as a complete failure, financially, administratively and, most importantly, artistically. Although some scholars have sporadically commented on the role played by this sector, it has not been the object of serious academic research aimed at providing a balanced, nuanced general assessment of its overall impact. This issue of Cairo Papers hopes to address this gap in the literature on Egyptian cinema. After discussion of the role played by the public sector in trying to alleviate the financial crisis that threatened the film industry, this study investigates whether there was a real change in the general perception of the cinema, and the government’s attitude toward it, following the June 1967 Arab–Israeli war.
We'll Play till We Die
Mark LeVine
Author : Mark LeVine
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520975859
We'll Play till We Die by Mark LeVine Pdf
In his iconic musical travelogue Heavy Metal Islam, Mark LeVine first brought the views and experiences of a still-young generation to the world. In We'll Play till We Die, he joins with this generation's leading voices to write a definitive history of the era, closing with a cowritten epilogue that explores the meanings and futures of youth music from North Africa to Southeast Asia. We'll Play till We Die dives into the revolutionary music cultures of the Middle East and larger Muslim world before, during, and beyond the waves of resistance that shook the region from Morocco to Pakistan. This sequel to Mark LeVine's celebrated Heavy Metal Islam shows how some of the world's most extreme music not only helped inspire and define region-wide protests, but also exemplifies the beauty and diversity of youth cultures throughout the Muslim world. Two years after Heavy Metal Islam was published in 2008, uprisings and revolutions spread like wildfire. The young people organizing and protesting on the streets—in dozens of cities from Casablanca to Karachi—included the very musicians and fans LeVine spotlighted in that book. We'll Play till We Die revisits the groundbreaking stories he originally explored, sharing what has happened to these musicians, their music, their politics, and their societies since then. The book covers a stunning array of developments, not just in metal and hip hop scenes, but with emo in Baghdad, mahraganat in Egypt, techno in Beirut, and more. LeVine also reveals how artists have used global platforms like YouTube and SoundCloud to achieve unprecedented circulation of their music outside corporate or government control. The first collective ethnography and biography of the post-2010 generation, We'll Play till We Die explains and amplifies the radical possibilities of music as a revolutionary force for change.
On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet: An Ethnographic Account
Soha Mohsen
Author : Soha Mohsen
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649030672
On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet: An Ethnographic Account by Soha Mohsen Pdf
There is a great deal to be said about ideas and imaginations of the “future” when one does not have the luxury of maintaining a slot in the present. In the midst of acute conditions of precarity and structural violences and vulnerabilities of different forms (political, economic, social, infrastructural) and magnitudes, Egyptians find ways to adapt and adjust, even experiment, with different arrangements and forms of connectedness. By following, tracing, and accompanying friends and networks of friendship in and across Egypt’s two biggest cities, Cairo and Alexandria, this ethnographic account aims to highlight some of the contemporary meanings, forms, and purposes of friendship among young Egyptians with the aim of renewing and reviving the question, “What can friendships do?” Against a backdrop of conditions of precarity and the ruins of finance capitalism, this study examines the manifestations of how the relationship of friendship manages to re-invent and re-define itself. Moreover, it asks whether new modes of relationality, companionship, and intimacy can be cultivated and practiced given the current neoliberal conditions of living. The questions that this study attempts to open up are focused on the re-workings, reconfigurations, and re-makings of practices of sociality and intimacy between friends.
International Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Ibrahim Awad
Author : Ibrahim Awad
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617979224
International Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region by Ibrahim Awad Pdf
This issue of Cairo Papers takes up the various dimensions of migration and refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean region over different periods in the last two centuries. It looks at both the migration of waves of Italians and Greeks to Egypt from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and at migration from the Arab southern and eastern rims of the Mediterranean to Europe starting in the twenty-first century. The disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, and political science have been mobilized to undertake the research its chapters embody. They address the history of migration in the region, relations between Mediterranean countries of origin and their diasporas, the impact of interest groups on the formulation of migration policies in countries of destination, and the policies for integration of recent flows arriving in Europe. The chapters are based on papers delivered at Cairo Papers 25th annual symposium in collaboration with the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies.
The Food Question in the Middle East
Malak S. Rouchdy,Iman A. Hamdy
Author : Malak S. Rouchdy,Iman A. Hamdy
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617978562
The Food Question in the Middle East by Malak S. Rouchdy,Iman A. Hamdy Pdf
In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities. Contributors: Ellis Goldberg, Saker ElNour, Hala Barakat, Khaled Mansour, Malak S. Rouchdy, Habib Ayeb, Christian Handerson, Sara Pozzi, and Sara El-Sayed.
Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives
Hoda Elsadda
Author : Hoda Elsadda
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617979217
Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives by Hoda Elsadda Pdf
Challenges, opportunities, and methodological issues in the creation of oral history archives in the Arab world Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the Arab world, archives of women’s oral narratives were almost non-existent with the exception of small documentation efforts tied to individual research. However, since 2011, there has been a marked increase in the documentation of projects. In this context, the Women and Memory Forum organized a conference in 2015 about the challenges of creating gender sensitive oral history archives in times of change. The papers in this collection shed light on documentation initiatives in Arab countries in transitional and conflict situations, in addition to international experiences. They engage with questions around archives and power, the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies to the making and preserving of archives, ethical concerns in the construction of archives, women’s archives and the production of alternative knowledge, as well as conceptual and methodological issues in oral history. CONTRIBUTORS: Faiha Abdulhadi, Sondra Hale, Manal Hamzeh, Maissan Hassan, Nahawand El Kaderi Issa, Diana Magdy, Jean Said Makdisi, Noor Nieftagodien, Rafif Saidawy, Lucine Taminian, Stephen Urgola
Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers
Mostafa Mohie
Author : Mostafa Mohie
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649030696
Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers by Mostafa Mohie Pdf
A study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state Founded in 1859, as part of the Suez Canal project and named after Khedive Said, the city of Port Said has always stood at the juncture of global, national, and local networks of forces, the city itself a reflection of many layers of Egypt’s modern history, from its colonial past through to the eras of national liberation and neoliberalism. Drawing on Bruno Latour’s and Henri Lefebvre’s conceptual works, this study examines how the ‘social’ (encompassing all aspects of human life—the political, the economic, and the social) of the city of Port Said was created, and how its spaces were mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state. Looking also at the temporality of these processes, Mostafa Mohie examines three key moments: al-tahgir (the forced migration that followed the outbreak of the 1967 war and remained until 1974, when Port Saidians were permitted to return to their homes following the 1973 October War); the declaration of the free trade zone in the mid-1970s; and the Port Said Stadium massacre in 2012.
Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt
Sherifa Zuhur
Author : Sherifa Zuhur
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476681993
Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt by Sherifa Zuhur Pdf
This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt. It covers Oriental dance, known as belly dance or danse du ventre, regional or group-specific dances and rituals, sha'bi (lower-class urban music and dance style), mulid (drawing on Sufi tradition and saints' day festivals) and mahraganat (youth-created, primarily electronic music with lively rhythms and biting lyrics). The chapters discuss genres and sub-genres and their evolution, the demeanor of dancers, trends old and new, and social and political criticism that use the imagery of dance or a dancer. Also considered are the globalization of Egyptian dance, the replication or fantasies of raqs sharqi outside of Egypt, as well as the dance as a hobby, competitive dance form, and focus of international dance festivals.
Organizing the Unorganized: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
Farah Kobaissy
Author : Farah Kobaissy
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781617978531
Organizing the Unorganized: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon by Farah Kobaissy Pdf
This study examines the process of unionizing domestic workers in Lebanon, highlighting the potentialities as well as the obstacles confronting it, and looks at the multiple power relations involved through axes of class, gender, race, and nationality. The author situates this struggle within the larger scene of the labor union 'movement' in the country, and discusses the contribution of women's rights organizations in rendering visible cases of abuse against migrant domestic workers. She argues that the 'death' of class politics has made women's rights organizations address migrant domestic worker issues as a separate labor category, further contributing to their production as an 'exception' under neoliberalism.
Representing Islam
Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir
Author : Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253053053
Representing Islam by Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir Pdf
How do Muslims who grew up after September 11 balance their love for hip-hop with their devotion to Islam? How do they live the piety and modesty called for by their faith while celebrating an art form defined, in part, by overt sexuality, violence, and profanity? In Representing Islam, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir explores the tension between Islam and the global popularity of hip-hop, including attempts by the hip-hop ummah, or community, to draw from the struggles of African Americans in order to articulate the human rights abuses Muslims face. Nasir explores state management of hip-hop culture and how Muslim hip-hoppers are attempting to "Islamize" the genre's performance and jargon to bring the music more in line with religious requirements, which are perhaps even more fraught for female artists who struggle with who has the right to speak for Muslim women. Nasir also investigates the vibrant underground hip-hop culture that exists online. For fans living in conservative countries, social media offers an opportunity to explore and discuss hip-hop when more traditional avenues have been closed. Representing Islam considers the complex and multifaceted rise of hip-hop on a global stage and, in doing so, asks broader questions about how Islam is represented in this global community.
The Languages of Global Hip Hop
Marina Terkourafi
Author : Marina Terkourafi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441116390
The Languages of Global Hip Hop by Marina Terkourafi Pdf
In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the continental US. Close analysis of the facts reveals a much more complex situation in which market pressures, local (musical) traditions, linguistic and semiotic intelligibility, as well as each country's particular historico-political past conspire to yield new hybrid expressive genres. This exciting collection looks at linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel and showcases a global scope. It engages with questions of code-switching, code-mixing, the minority language/regional dialect vs. standard dynamic, the discourse of political resistance, immigrant ideologies, youth and new language varieties and will be essential reading for graduates and researchers in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.
The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop
Frederick Gooding
Author : Frederick Gooding
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666908275
The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop by Frederick Gooding Pdf
Although Hip Hop is known to come from the streets of South Bronx, New York, its origins go far deeper than that. Unconsciously, the innovative souls of the 1970s Hip Hop movement demonstrated the captivating, vibrational sound of the five regions in Africa: Northern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Thus, The Griot Tradition as Remixed through Hip Hop: Straight Outta Africa fleshes out the common threads of Hip Hop’s creative genius across the African diaspora and provides an analytical rubric as a guide to a greater understanding of Hip Hop. The author, Frederick Gooding, examines why Hip Hop holds such an important place within contemporary culture in order to determine how a genre that was so controversial and marginal could become mainstream and central. Through the use of various genres, artists, styles, sounds, images, and rhetorical techniques, Gooding analyzes how Hip Hop, when seen through the lens of African connection, can be appreciated for its regenerative and connective power to create relationships between people both nationally and internationally.
