Hip Hop outside the USA is the result of a complex interaction between a global form of music expressed through a global language, English, on the one hand and localization processes through which these global practices are reinterpreted and recreated within different social and cultural contexts, on the other. Drawing on Hip Hop linguistics and translation theory , this paper focuses on Hip Hop in Sudan, particularly on Dza Tha Dissenter, Hip Hop artist, political activ ist and blogger, to show how translation, both as a process inherent to globalization and a critical perspectiv e, can contribute to an understanding of how English is appropriated by Sudanese Hip Hop m usicians in the perform ance of their identity and how they exploit this com m on tool to negotiate their belonging to a global com m unity based on local identities.
Rezoulutionist Hip Hop: Translating Global Voices and Local Identities
TAVIANO, Stefania
2012-01-01
Abstract
Hip Hop outside the USA is the result of a complex interaction between a global form of music expressed through a global language, English, on the one hand and localization processes through which these global practices are reinterpreted and recreated within different social and cultural contexts, on the other. Drawing on Hip Hop linguistics and translation theory , this paper focuses on Hip Hop in Sudan, particularly on Dza Tha Dissenter, Hip Hop artist, political activ ist and blogger, to show how translation, both as a process inherent to globalization and a critical perspectiv e, can contribute to an understanding of how English is appropriated by Sudanese Hip Hop m usicians in the perform ance of their identity and how they exploit this com m on tool to negotiate their belonging to a global com m unity based on local identities.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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