We’re just like everyone else!’ Rethinking the cultural politics of the London Asian urban music scene
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Kim, H. 2016. We’re just like everyone else!’ Rethinking the cultural politics of the London Asian urban music scene. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 20 (2), pp. 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549416638521
Authors | Kim, H. |
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Abstract | This article engages with the practices of politics and its presence and meanings within the Asian scene. Despite work that has taken youth cultures beyond the framework of ‘resistance’ youth cultures are often still imagined and understood through the lens of ‘resistance’. Yet, within the Asian scene, the tensions, disavowal and ambivalence towards politics points toward a more complex, multilayered understanding of contemporary youth cultural forms. This article takes into account the politics of location and of belonging that Asians within this scene are negotiating that are shaping the kind of political outlooks and attitudes that |
Keywords | Diaspora; cultural politics; ethnicity; Neoliberalism; youth cultures |
Journal | European Journal of Cultural Studies |
Journal citation | 20 (2), pp. 125-140 |
ISSN | 1367-5494 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549416638521 |
Publication dates | |
23 Apr 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 10 Feb 2016 |
Deposited | 31 May 2016 |
Copyright information | Kim, H., 'We’re just like everyone else!’ Rethinking the cultural politics of the London Asian urban music scene, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 20(2): 125-140 © 2016 The author. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
License | All rights reserved |
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