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“We Are All Malcolm X!”: Negu Gorriak, Hip Hop, And The Basque Political Imaginary, Jacqueline Urla
“We Are All Malcolm X!”: Negu Gorriak, Hip Hop, And The Basque Political Imaginary, Jacqueline Urla
Jacqueline L. Urla
Music has been an important terrain of cultural politics for many minorities and indigenous people, a means of unmasking power imbalances, denouncing injustice, and reframing identities. This paper explores the political imaginary of the Basque radical rock music group Negu Gorriak and the ways they articulated alliances with politicized hip hop. (Prepublication version, no photos)
Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla
Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla
Jacqueline L. Urla
This essay argues for the value of examining popular culture as a productive site for the expression of language play and humor in minority language communities. A study of the Basque language comic, Napartheid provides material for studying language mixing and parodic language play that challenge language domination.