Land of Unlimited Possibilities—Land of Systematic Oppression. The Ambivalent Representations of America in Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne
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31 janvier 2022
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Author: Max Tretter Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Download PDF version INTRODUCTION Originating in the United States, rap music and the culture of hip hop are closely connected with America.[1] As hip hop’s place of origin, the US has a lasting impact on the culture as well as the music and wherever hip hop is consumed and rap is made—in its various global forms and faces (Dawn Goldsmith and Fonseca 2019) and in all its regional manifestations (Hess 2010)—pictures o...