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Rollefson, J. Griffith

 
9780472074877: Critical Excess: Watch the Throne and the New Gilded Age (Tracking Pop)
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ISBN 10: 0472074873 ISBN 13: 9780472074877
Editorial: The University of Michigan Press, 2021

Sinopsis

Jay-Z and Kanye West’s 2011 Watch the Throne is a self-avowed “luxury rap” album centered on Eurocentric conceptions of nobility, artistry, and haute couture. Critical Excess performs a close reading of the sonic and social commentary on this album, examining how the album alternately imagines and critiques the mutually reinforcing ideas of Europe, nobility, old money, art, and their standard bearer, whiteness. Reading the album alongside Black critical theory and work on the prophetic nature of music, Rollefson argues that through their performance of black excellence, opulence, and decadence, Jay-Z and Kanye West poured gas on the white resentment of the Obama presidency―a resentment that would ultimately spill over into public life, make audible the dog whistling of the Far Right, and embolden white supremacists to come out from under their rocks. Ultimately, Rollefson argues, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s performance of what Rollefson calls “critical excess” on this hip hop album exceeds the limits of conspicuous consumption and heralds the final stage of late capitalism―“the New Gilded Age.”

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J. Griffith Rollefson is professor of music at University College Cork, National University of Ireland. Rollefson is author of Flip the Script: European Hip Hop and the Politics of Postcoloniality.

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Editorial
The University of Michigan Press
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0472074873
ISBN 13 
9780472074877
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Número de páginas
234
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ISBN 10:  0472054872 ISBN 13:  9780472054879
Editorial: The University of Michigan Press, 2021
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