If We Only Speak Our Language by the Fireside, It Won't Survive

The Cultural and Linguistic Indigenization of Hip Hop in Galicia

Bibliographic Data

ID7523288
AuthorsVerónica Loureiro-Rodríguez (0000-0002-8447-4590, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume36
Issue5
Pages659-676
Publication date2012-10-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Music & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0300-7766 • E-ISSN: 1740-1712
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03007766.2012.717351
OpenAlexW2081236445
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited22

This article examines the cultural and linguistic indigenization manifested in Dios Ke Te Crew (DKTC), the only Galician band to rap exclusively in non-standard Galician. It also offers background on the global dissemination of hip hop, as well as a sociolinguistic and political contextualization of Galician and Galician hip hop. Based on DKTC's widespread popularity, the local and global relevance of the topics addressed in their lyrics, and their social activism, I argue that DKTC help to foster a more politically and socially engaged Galician youth while encouraging the use of Galician within this population

Art · Contextualization · Indigenization · Linguistics · Literature · Lyrics · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Population · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Music History and Culture

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