Rethinking countermemory
Black-Jewish negotiations in rap music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jarula M I Wegner (0000-0002-2846-0258, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1219-1234 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698018794801 |
| OpenAlex | W2888910225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
The concept of countermemory is frequently used in various, sometimes contradictory ways. This essay aims at further clarifying the concept of countermemory by highlighting its potentials and limits. After revisiting Michel Foucault’s initial use of countermemory, the concept is analysed in three case studies of Black-Jewish negotiations in US Rap music. The analysis shows that the discourse of Black-Jewish relations entered rap music in the 1980s and continues well into the twenty-first century. The concept of countermemory has at least four characteristics. It is necessarily related and in opposition to another memory. It employs two different time horizons and enables transcultural memory negotiations. Finally, there are instances of moderate and radical uses of countermemory. Some characteristics are essential to the concept, while others only occasionally appear. Countermemories can be reactionary or progressive, constructive or destructive, factual or fictitious
Aesthetics · Art · Constructive · Epistemology · Judaism · Literature · Negotiation · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |