Negotiating Violence and Creative Agency in Commissioned Mexican Narco Rap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5138063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hettie Malcomson (0000-0002-2960-4399, University of Southampton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-362 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/blar.12977 |
| OpenAlex | W2944086578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article explores agency as an ability to act and exert power creatively when failure implies literal death. It draws on interviews with an ex-narco and rappers who willingly accept narco-commissions in 2010s Tamaulipas, Mexico, a context where precarity and necropolitical logics prevail. It asserts that many rappers exert power creatively, despite the risks. Rappers shape narco-aesthetics by determining the lyrical and sonic elements of songs; draw on experiences of narco-life to contribute to narco-ethics; and mould narco-masculinities by encouraging listeners to stay firm. It proposes that prevalent discursive Us-Them dichotomies facilitate Othering and stigmatisation of actors in the narco-world, and serve to accentuate narco-power
Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Negotiation · Political science · Power (physics · Precarity · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Music History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |