Resumo

REN, Siyuan  e  FEIXA, Carles. Being nomadic and overseas rappers. Construction of hybrid identity in Chinese hip-hop scene. CIDADES [online]. 2021, vol.au21, pp.160-174.  Epub 20-Out-2021. ISSN 2182-3030.  https://doi.org/10.15847/cct.25618.

This research aims to explore the function of intercultural communication of Chinese Rap music and the construction of hybrid identity, through discourse analysis methods: Narrative Semiotics, visual semiology, and sociolinguistics of globalization. The general context of the research is the development of global youth culture and Rap music as an intercultural formulation of local identities. Songs of two Chinese Rap groups are analyzed: Higher Brothers and Bohan Phoenix. In short, it attempts to scrutinize their use of Rap lyrics in order to promote the intercultural communication and construction of hybrid identity.

Palavras-chave : Chinese hip-hop; global youth culture; narrative semiotics; intercultural communication; hybrid identity; immigration.

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