The Emergence of Estonian Hip-Hop in the 1990s
| dc.contributor.author | Vallaste, Triin | |
| dc.contributor.other | Pappel, Kristel, koostaja | |
| dc.contributor.other | Uusma, Hanna-Liisa, koostaja | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-01T09:29:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-01T09:29:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | Summary available in Estonian | |
| dc.description | Kokkuvõte eesti keeles | et |
| dc.description.abstract | In 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.sponsorship | European Regional Development Fund | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Center of Excellence for Estonian Studies | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Republic of Estonia, Ministry of Culture | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Eesti Vabariik, Kultuuriministeerium | et |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2382-8080 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.58162/ZFV5-9D50 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10062/97458 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia | |
| dc.publisher | Eesti Muusikateaduse Selts | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Res Musica : Eesti Muusikateaduse Seltsi ja Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia muusikateaduslik aastaraamat | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Estonia | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ee/ | |
| dc.title | The Emergence of Estonian Hip-Hop in the 1990s | |
| dc.title.alternative | Eesti hiphopi kujunemine 1990ndatel | |
| dc.type | Article |
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