Culture, Communication and Hybridity: The Case of<i>The Rap of China</i>

Flew, Terry; Ryan, Mark David; Su, Chunmeizi

doi:10.1080/17447143.2019.1621322

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“…In the early 1970s, hip-hop was created as a means of self-expression by African Americans who lived in divested neighborhoods in New York (Flew et al, 2019; Osumare, 2007). Hip-hop is a multi-layered culture that includes music, breakdancing, DJ’s beat mixing, MC’s rapping, fashion, and graffiti art (Alim, 2004; Flew et al, 2019).…”

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“…Media communication is crucial in the reproduction process where different human agencies are empowered unevenly, resulting in the production of cultural hybridization. This helps explain the diversity of agencies and hybridity outcomes of hip-hop in different societies (Flew et al, 2019; Kraidy, 2005).…”

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“…Hip-hop music, an important component of hip-hop culture, has become extremely popular in mainland China. Chinese hip-hop music has developed into a cultural hybridity distinct from African American hip-hop music (Sullivan and Zhao, 2019; Flew et al, 2019). However, Chinese hip-hop was marginalized for nearly two decades until 2017 when a competition-based reality show called ‘The Rap of China’ emerged.…”

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“…The show was produced by a popular online streaming platform iQIYI and gained over 100 million views within 4 hours of the official release of its first episode (iQIYI, 2017). When the show gained popularity, hip-hop culture successfully entered the mainstream (Sullivan and Zhao, 2019; Flew et al, 2019), but it is curious why that did not occur over the previous two decades.…”

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Localization and mainstream emergence of hip-hop music in China: a critical transculturalism perspective

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Zhao

2022

Media, Culture & Society

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Hip-hop culture has evolved into a global phenomenon, attracting extensive academic research on its adaptation and localization in different societies. However, most studies have either neglected the influence of political economic power on hybridization or have overestimated the rationality of the artists in hip-hop culture. This study adopted critical transculturalism theory to shed light on the agency and power relations involved in the localization and mainstream emergence of Chinese hip-hop music from both longitudinal and comparative perspectives. The findings, which are based on qualitative content analysis and critical discourse analysis of news articles published in the three golden years (2008, 2010, and 2017) of the development of Chinese hip-hop music, suggest that whereas cultural and political factors were influential on both the localization and mainstream emergence processes, economic factors played a greater role in mainstream emergence. The enhancement of literacy in professional knowledge aroused public interest, and the use of symbolic hybridity created a role model for underground rappers and attracted social attention. Both these factors helped Chinese hip-hop music enter the mainstream industry. The idea of symbolic hybridity proposed in this study, which provides a mesolevel perspective, is worth further research.

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Localization and mainstream emergence of hip-hop music in China: a critical transculturalism perspective

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Zhao

2022

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“…Fraternity mixed with sensitivity. Some researchers elaborate on the tensions underlining rap and hip-hop in China when this "foreign cultural form is adapted and modified in a distinctive political, cultural and media context" (Flew et al, 2019). It is natural that hip-hop has to make changes in the face of censorship in different countries, but "keep it real" is still considered a benchmark for respected rappers.…”

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Brotherhood and Hip-Hop: The Case of Chinese Hip-Hop Club Triple H

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After hip-hop increased in popularity in Chinese entertainment programs, different perceptions of hip-hop in China reflected a clash of various thinking patterns among audiences, with hip-hop club Triple H on the cusp of controversy. Taking Triple H as a case study, this paper aims to explore how emotional attachments influence the development of Chinese hip-hop clubs in post-subculture. The findings indicated that the brotherhood rooted in hip-hop culture has been reshaped by the hybridity of Chinese hip-hop featuring fraternity mixed with sensitivity, loyalty filled with controversy, and heroism heightened by diversity. This paper argues that the recurring theme of “brotherhood” contributing to the charisma of Chinese hip-hop clubs cannot be partially interpreted as either gangster love or an underground bond, which gives rise to a new approach to the notion of authenticity, with hip-hop interpreted as a distinctive lifestyle.

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5W Mode Analysis of the Media Communication Strategies of Online Video-Produced Variety Shows Using the Chinese Variety Show U Can U BiBi as an Example

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2020

Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

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Culture, Communication and Hybridity: The Case ofThe Rap of China

Cited by 28 publications

References 18 publications

Localization and mainstream emergence of hip-hop music in China: a critical transculturalism perspective

Localization and mainstream emergence of hip-hop music in China: a critical transculturalism perspective

Brotherhood and Hip-Hop: The Case of Chinese Hip-Hop Club Triple H

5W Mode Analysis of the Media Communication Strategies of Online Video-Produced Variety Shows Using the Chinese Variety Show U Can U BiBi as an Example

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