The Emergence of Estonian Hip-Hop in the 1990s

dc.contributor.authorVallaste, Triin
dc.contributor.otherPappel, Kristel, koostaja
dc.contributor.otherUusma, Hanna-Liisa, koostaja
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-01T09:29:41Z
dc.date.available2024-04-01T09:29:41Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionSummary available in Estonian
dc.descriptionKokkuvõte eesti keeleset
dc.description.abstractIn this article I trace the ways in which hip-hop as a global form of expression has become indigenized in post-Soviet Estonia. Hip-hop’s indigenization coincides with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. After the dissolution of the USSR, dominant Estonian social discourses eagerly celebrated re-entering the European-American world and embracing its values. The uncensored global media outlets accessible after 1991 and rapid developments in information technology shortly thereafter were crucial to the history of Estonian-language rap. Hip-hop artists’ extensive involvement with new media and technologies reflects an extremely swift transition from ill-equipped to fluent manipulation of technology, which affected cultural production and structures of participation in various sociocultural spheres. While hip-hop culture emerged in the South Bronx during the early 1970s as a radical voice against increasing economic hardship and social marginalization, Estonian hip-hop was established in the early 1990s and developed in the context of a rapidly growing economy, rising living standards, and strong national feeling within a re-independent Estonian state. Hip-hop artists’ production vividly reveals both the legacies of Soviet rule and the particular political economy of post-Soviet Estonia.
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Regional Development Funden
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter of Excellence for Estonian Studiesen
dc.description.sponsorshipRepublic of Estonia, Ministry of Cultureen
dc.description.sponsorshipEesti Vabariik, Kultuuriministeeriumet
dc.identifier.issn2382-8080
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.58162/ZFV5-9D50
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/97458
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
dc.publisherEesti Muusikateaduse Selts
dc.relation.ispartofRes Musica : Eesti Muusikateaduse Seltsi ja Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia muusikateaduslik aastaraamat
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Estoniaen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ee/
dc.titleThe Emergence of Estonian Hip-Hop in the 1990s
dc.title.alternativeEesti hiphopi kujunemine 1990ndatel
dc.typeArticle

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