Reworking and resisting globalising influences: Cape Town hip-hop

Global cultural flows have emerged as key influences in driving changes in local consumer behaviour, identities and social relations. These flows are negotiated and contested in the local context. This article considers how local hip-hop artists in Cape Town, South Africa, challenge and disrupt the...

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Published in:GeoJournal 2012-06, Vol.77 (3), p.417-428
Main Author: Hammett, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
African culture
Bgi / Prodig
Capitalism
Consciousness
Consumer behaviour
Consumerism
Consumption
Cultural identity
Environmental Management
Geography
Globalization
Hip hop culture
Hip hop music
Human Geography
Identity
Identity formation
Imperialism
Imports
Individualism
International
Music criticism
Music industry
Musical styles
Musicians
Negotiations
Political identity
Politics
Popular culture
Postcolonialism
Power
Rap music
Resistance
Social impact
Social relations
Social reproduction
Social Sciences
South Africa
Southern Africa
Studies
Success
Transnationalism
Trends
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Summary:Global cultural flows have emerged as key influences in driving changes in local consumer behaviour, identities and social relations. These flows are negotiated and contested in the local context. This article considers how local hip-hop artists in Cape Town, South Africa, challenge and disrupt the dominant images of success linked to consumerism and individualism in popular American music imports. Drawing on Katz's (Signs 26(4):1213—1234, 2001a, Antipode 33(4):709—728, 2001b) thinking around topographies and counter-topographies, this article suggests that local political hip-hop can be used to develop powerful critiques of the outcomes of globalisation.
ISSN:0343-2521
1572-9893
DOI:10.1007/s10708-010-9395-1