Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut

Becoming the North – Jim Degrenius

“MULTILINGUALISM, ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL POSITIONING IN SWEDISH RAP” Swedish hip hop is today well-established in mainstream popular culture, and its perceived authentic representation of a social reality in migrant neighborhoods in Sweden is currently hotly debated in public media discourse. This idea of authenticity in Swedish rap entails the expression of certain attitudes and group affiliations, afforded using a variety of linguistic resources.
  • Becoming the North – Jim Degrenius
  • 2022-02-09T18:15:00+01:00
  • 2022-02-09T23:59:59+01:00
  • “MULTILINGUALISM, ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL POSITIONING IN SWEDISH RAP” Swedish hip hop is today well-established in mainstream popular culture, and its perceived authentic representation of a social reality in migrant neighborhoods in Sweden is currently hotly debated in public media discourse. This idea of authenticity in Swedish rap entails the expression of certain attitudes and group affiliations, afforded using a variety of linguistic resources.