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Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library


Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

FromALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

ratings:
Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this revelatory study of Muslim youth movements that have emerged in cities around the world in the years since 9/11 and in the wake of the Arab Spring, Aidi illuminates the unexpected connections between urban marginality, music, and political mobilization.  By examining both secular and religiously-fueled movements as a means of protest against the policies of the “War on Terror,” he explains how certain kinds of music—particularly hip hop, but also jazz, Gnawa, Andalusian, Judeo-Arabic, Latin, and others—have come to represent a heightened racial identity and a Muslim consciousness that crisscrosses the globe.*Click here to see photos from the program!
Released:
Mar 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

ALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.