Head-nodders, Gang Signs, and Bounce: Authenticating Music-Accompanying Body Practices in Rap.

Eisewicht, Paul; Dietrich, Marc

Review article (book contribution)

Abstract

(Youth) scenes are often described as micro- or social subcultures that form around a specific theme, are linked to ways of acting oriented towards it and are stabilised by their own norms and values. What appears chaotic and incomprehensible from the outside is a coherent, consistent and vivid whole from the inside perspective. From this perspective, the text deals with the largely unexplored practice of bouncing in rap as a specific music-accompanying bodily practice. By means of a material analysis of the connection between rap music, the self-presentation of rappers and the music-accompanying actions of concert-goers, it is to be shown that such specific actions are by no means arbitrary, but are embedded in the scene's knowledge predecessor and can be interpreted with a view to this.

Details about the publication

PublisherBöder, Tim; Eisewicht, Paul; Mey, Günter; Pfaff, Nicolle
Book title Formations of Style and Affiliation. Materiality and Mediality in Youth Scenes.
Page range193-211
Publishing companySpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Place of publicationWiesbaden
StatusPublished
Release year2024 (23/07/2024)
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
ISBN978-3-658-42324-7
DOI10.1007/978-3-658-42325-4_11
Link to the full texthttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-42325-4_11
KeywordsYouth Culture; Youth Scenes; Affiliation; Belonging; Mediality; Rap; Gangsta-Rap; Hip-Hop; Body Practice; Musicking

Authors from the University of Münster

Eisewicht, Paul
Institute of Sociology (IfS)