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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Hip Hop and Political Voice for Young South Sudanese Australians: Born to Stand Out

Hip Hop and Political Voice for Young South Sudanese Australians: Born to Stand Out

Williams, Sarah J.
Majavu, Mandisi

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesHip Hop

ISBN10: 1666971901
ISBN13: 9781666971903
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Feb 12 2025
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Hip Hop and Political Voice for Young South Sudanese Australians: Born to Stand Out explores the building of political voice of young South Sudanese Australians to resist racialising discourses, particularly through hip hop. Presented as an ethnography, Sarah J. Williams draws on empirical evidence from a youth participatory action research project facilitated by a small nonprofit organisation: Footprints. Each chapter foregrounds counter-narratives young South Sudanese Australian hip-hop artists portray in response to over a decade of media and moral panics targeting their communities, limiting their sense of freedom and resulting in a rise in youth suicide. The core message throughout suggests participants reject any goal of or focus on 'fitting in'. Instead, based on their conviction that they are 'born to stand out', these artivists carve out space in the face of racialising discourses perpetuated primarily by Australian Whiteness.

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