عنوان

Under siege: Conspiracy, i-pistemology and resistance through hip hop in Killarmy's 'Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars'

Number

TL48449

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Under siege: Conspiracy, i-pistemology and resistance through hip hop in Killarmy's 'Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars'

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Marcus Keith Hassell

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Sarkela, Sandra

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Memphis

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

167

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-13810-7

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Communication

Body granting the degree

The University of Memphis

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

This dissertation examines and explicates the convergences of conspiracy theory, Islam, terrorism, and hip hop culture in rap group Killarmy's album Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars to gain a deeper understanding of knowledge production post 9/11 through a process Liesbet Van Zoonen has labeled I-pistemology. The influences of Five Percent Nation ideology, popular culture, and conspiracy theory impact Killarmy's tools of rhetorical resistance, or what Tricia Rose calls the "hidden transcript" of rap music. Furthermore, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars was at the center of controversy during the Beltway sniper attacks of 2002 prompting journalists to admonish Five Percent ideology through a process Jack Bratich calls a "conspiracy panic." This dissertation presents a twofold argument: 1) I-pistemology accurately describes the ethos and knowledge base of hip hop culture and 2) Rap music as a mass-marketed commodity of hip hop culture creates a double-bind for subversive politics as the commodity of hip hop is allowed to present images and messages that validate discourses of oppression and marginalization. This dissertation offers a fresh contribution to stagnant sociopolitical discussions of hip hop and provides a new approach for examining the interplay between dominant knowledge institutions, marginalized citizens and discourses on terror.

Music; Communication

Subject Term

Communication and the arts;Conspiracy;Five percent ideology;Hip hop;I-pistemology;Wu-tang clan

Haj, Darleen Susanne

Sarkela, Sandra

Subdivision

Communication

The University of Memphis

Call Number

1728304202; 3728377

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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