What is it about?
The article discusses what belonging can mean, and shows how rap music by migrant artists serves as a means for searching, thinking about, and finding a sense of belonging in the new home country.
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Why is it important?
It shows the importance of rap music for integration and conviviality, but also its power as a forum for critical voices.
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As authors we want to raise awareness of the important cultural and critical work that is being done in creative performances on social media.
Sirpa Leppänen
University of Jyväskylä
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This page is a summary of: Migrant rap in the periphery, AILA Review, December 2017, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/aila.00001.lep.
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