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Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Straightjacket of Resistance; Beyond the Hidden Transcripts; Fetishizing Rap and Resistance; The Trap of 'Conscious' Rap; A Turn to Aesthetics; Within or Beyond Resistance?; A Note on Language; Limits and Limitations; References; Chapter 2 Deciphering Moroccan 'Cool'; Sketches of the New Morocco; Marginalized Urban Youth; Terrorism, Heavy Metal and Islam; The End of 'Exceptionalism'; Popular Music and National Identity; The Birth of Moroccan Rap; Cultural Patrons and Music Festivals.
Imagining the Moroccan 'Cool': The Nayda MovementReferences; Chapter 3 Rap and the Revival of Patriotism; Rituals of Power; Constructing the Postcolonial National Identity; Genesis of Patriotic Rap; Iconography of Power; Songs of Unity; Rap, Media, and the February 20 Protests; References; Chapter 4 Branding Patriotism, Commodifying Resistance; Sponsoring a Utopia; Marketing Patriotism; Exposing Patriotic Demagogy; Between Keepin' It Real and Commodifying Rebellion; References; Chapter 5 Visual Representations of Power: Urban Spaces and Rooftops; Festivalization of Urban Spaces.
Rabat's Spatial HierarchyCasablanca's Narratives of Power; Views from Above; Contentious Spaces, Posters and Casablanca; Reimaging the City Beyond Resistance; References; Chapter 6 Economies of Resistance; Economic Strategies of Cultural Dominance; Producing and Distributing a Rap Album; The Moroccan Copyright Office (BMDA); Copyright, Creative Commons and Piracy; Strategies for Economic Resistance?; The Limits of Digital Media; References; Final Remarks; Appendix; Index.
Imagining the Moroccan 'Cool': The Nayda MovementReferences; Chapter 3 Rap and the Revival of Patriotism; Rituals of Power; Constructing the Postcolonial National Identity; Genesis of Patriotic Rap; Iconography of Power; Songs of Unity; Rap, Media, and the February 20 Protests; References; Chapter 4 Branding Patriotism, Commodifying Resistance; Sponsoring a Utopia; Marketing Patriotism; Exposing Patriotic Demagogy; Between Keepin' It Real and Commodifying Rebellion; References; Chapter 5 Visual Representations of Power: Urban Spaces and Rooftops; Festivalization of Urban Spaces.
Rabat's Spatial HierarchyCasablanca's Narratives of Power; Views from Above; Contentious Spaces, Posters and Casablanca; Reimaging the City Beyond Resistance; References; Chapter 6 Economies of Resistance; Economic Strategies of Cultural Dominance; Producing and Distributing a Rap Album; The Moroccan Copyright Office (BMDA); Copyright, Creative Commons and Piracy; Strategies for Economic Resistance?; The Limits of Digital Media; References; Final Remarks; Appendix; Index.