Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 307-325).

Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2006. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Michael Beehler. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-124).

Orientador: Bela Bianco / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T04:16:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gimeno_PatriciaCuri_M.pdf: 862548 bytes, checksum: 0f200c7fbb95ab8666e5e598821e588d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O objetivo desta dissertação foi o de apresentar alguns aspectos fundamentais para a compreensão do processo de construção da relação entre o rap, os rappers e a periferia. Tal relação é entendida como o resultado de um processo bastante abrangente de diálogo e, por vezes, de conflito, entre alguns rappers paulistanos e outros sujeitos e instituições no tocante à própria conceituação da periferia, à ocupação de territórios da cidade de São Paulo, às visões mais comuns sobre a violência e à criminalidade e, por fim, ao papel desempenhado por estes artistas na cena pública. Tomando como base as trajetórias e as letras de músicas dos integrantes dos grupos Racionais MC's, RZO e dos rappers Rappin Hood, Xis e Sabotage, procurou-se mostrar que, ao defenderem a legitimidade do olhar construído a partir do interior da periferia, assim como de seus papéis públicos de representantes autorizados dos moradores, os artistas tornaram-se mediadores entre esse mesmo território e o restante da sociedade. E, mais importante, transformaram o rap em um veículo de expressão e de formulação de demandas sociais e políticas de uma parcela bastante significa de jovens pobres e negros que, assim como eles, nasceram e cresceram nas periferias da cidade de São Paulo a partir dos anos 1970 / Abstract: The purpose of this dissertation was to present some fundamental aspects for comprehending the upbuilding process of the relations between Rap, rappers and peripheral neighborhoods. Such relations are understood as the result of a quite broad dialogical process, and sometimes a conflictual one, between rappers from São Paulo and other institutions and individuals concerning the very conceptualization of the peripheral neighborhood, the occupation of some of the city's territories, the most common points of view about violence and crime and, lastly, concerning the role played by these artists in the public scenario. Taking as a start their life histories and lyrics by members of the groups Racionais MCs, RZO, and the rappers Rappin Hood, Xis and Sabotage, efforts were made towards the purpose of demonstrating that by defending the legitimacy of this look developed within the peripheral neighbourhood as well as the legitimacy of their roles as public representatives as authorised by the community, artists became mediators between these very territories and the rest of the society. More importantly, these artists have turned rapping into a medium of expression and formulation of social and political demands for a significant share of poor and black young ones who, just like them, were born and raised in the peripheral areas of the city of São Paulo from the 70's onwards / Mestrado / Antropologia Urbana / Mestre em Antropologia Social

This thesis analyzes elements which contribute to the construction of the artistic identity of the Acadian rap artist Jacobus. Nowadays, many artists perform on the local and international stages from musical, social or linguistic margins. Their success is due to the democratization of production and music broadcasting tools. As this phenomenon becomes more and more common and popular, “marginal” artists and their communities blur the lines between the mainstream and the underground, by the means of performing in their vernacular and promoting these authentic language practices. Jacobus sings in Acadjonne, a variety of Acadian French spoken in la Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia. By singing in his vernacular, consciously or not, he claims his Acadian identity, as other artists do so with Chiac, another variety of Acadian French (for example, Lisa LeBlanc and Les Hay Babies). Jacobus, as other artists, claims and proclaims his Acadian identity while promoting his vernacular, which has provoked controversial discussions in the media. Through his songs, the artist destroys the stereotypes of rap music. At the same time, he transgresses the linguistics norms by choosing the linguistic minority over the proper, standard French. In this thesis, I analyze the songs from Jacobus’ two solo albums and various aspects of his songs that contribute to the construction of a “marginalized” and authentic artistic identity. This research shows that the artist’s linguistic practices and the fact that he brings the Acadjonne variety on the Québécois, Canadian or even global stages, contribute to the construction of his authentic identity, but also to the spreading of local varieties of French language, which goes against the linguistic imperialism of the ideology of the standard. This linguistic behaviour enhances the actual societal conversation about inclusion and diversity in Canada. / Graduate

This qualitative, multi-case study examined the process of lyric creation and nontraditional modes of communication (using themes from hip-hop and battle rap) as a mechanism for developing a teaching and learning strategy in STEM education. This manuscript style dissertation, examines the experiences of 24 postsecondary students and five battle rappers who created science-themed lyrics, used them as a learning strategy, and delivered content in a college and community setting. Insights into teaching and learning were revealed through the study of these lyrics from a constructivist and intellectual warrior theoretical framework. This research showed that as a result of utilizing battle rap, learning spaces were improved. Students’ interviews, lyrics, and reflections uncovered that they appreciated the opportunity to be more creative in class were more engaged, communicated and networked more than they did in their traditional science classroom. The battle rappers discussed and displayed the characteristics that allow them to engage audiences in hopes that teachers can learn how to incorporate engaging techniques within their own classrooms. Through interviews and a performance, battle rappers’ attempt to keep students engaged revealed their transparency; ability to freestyle; get hyped; and demonstrate charisma, presence, character, and energy. This information helped to explain, describe, and understand the experiences of both students and battle rappers and their potential relationships to science and the community. This work supports arguments for the use of culture (art/music/experiences) through music in the science classroom.

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This dissertation considers how music has been heard with American law during an age of mass incarceration. Drawing upon records in legal archives for thousands of cases from the late 1980s to the present, it describes how legal hearings of music have contributed towards the reproduction of racial injustice. The dissertation takes two distinct modes of hearing as objects for analysis: (1) the hearing of music as evidence; and (2) the hearing of music as an offense. The dissertation describes how, since the late 1980s, the American criminal justice system has routinely and selectively heard rap music as evidence within its investigations and prosecutions. It shows how rap has served variously as a clue or lead during investigations, an aggravator of charges filed and sentences pursued during plea bargaining, a support for arguments against bail, a form of proof for elements of a crime or elements of a sentence enhancement allegation, a support for an affirmative defense, a witness impeacher, a form of proof for an aggravating factor in sentencing, and a support for arguments against parole. The dissertation questions whether quick-fix, colorblind policy proposals are likely to halt this selective hearing of rap, suggesting the need for frank discussions to take place about the political contours of problematization. The dissertation then describes how, over the same time period, through both the criminal justice system and the procedures of administrative law, music has been heard routinely as a subfelony offense. It shows how offenses have been heard in music to facilitate narcotics investigations, raise revenue for cash-strapped municipalities, patrol the borders of the nation, and drive residents from neighborhoods. It demonstrates how the academic study of music can become attentive to harms and injustices made possible through hearing that are not reducible to the restriction of musical freedom, including but not limited to harassment, profiling, the imposition of crushing debts, vehicle impoundment, eviction, and deportation, by engaging in fine-grained study of the social life of music’s regulative rules.

The present work has as object of investigation the understanding of rap songs as voco-hybrid musical expressions in the Northeast, bring the dialogue between the African-American oral sources and the Northeast. The result of this meeting is built by the analyses of the eighteen songs from Northeastern, and included groups from the design of the poet zumthoriana voice. The identity mapping of MC/a listener of rap has made it possible to deepen looks that were conducted by hybridization, performance considerations, and utopia and, in turn, subsidized a broad approach on textual complexity of rap songs. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / O presente trabalho tem por objeto de investigação a compreensão das canções de rap como expressões voco-musicais híbridas que, no nordeste, trazem o diálogo entre as fontes orais afro-americanas e a cantoria nordestina. O resultado deste encontro é construído pelas análises das dezoito canções, oriundas de grupos nordestinos, e compreendidas a partir da concepção de poeta da voz zumthoriana. O mapeamento identitário do/a MC e do/a ouvinte de rap tornou possível aprofundar olhares que foram conduzidos pelas considerações sobre hibridação, performance e utopia e, por sua vez, subsidiaram uma abordagem ampla sobre a complexidade textual das canções de rap.