著者
木本 玲一
出版者
社会学研究会
雑誌
ソシオロジ (ISSN:05841380)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.47, no.2, pp.88-88,176, 2002-10-31 (Released:2016-05-25)

This article explores local practices of Japanese rap, a musical genre originated in devastated U.S. inner-city communities. For a long time, globalization has been understood as processes of invasion, as posited by the "cultural imperialism" thesis. In recent years, however, many scholars have begun to argue that globalization and localization are not so much as opposed as interrelated. Their argument suggests that mutual interaction can be found not only in the political or economic fields, but also in the cultural fields, including that of popular music. Rap music spreads throughout the world as it is distributed by the record industries and has gradually been localized into various parts of the globe, including Japan. As this occurs, localization has aroused the desire to construct "Japanese" rap, -not an "imitation" of U.S. rap but an "original" form. In this article, I will explore and examine the desire through a discussion of the practices that constitute the main dimensions of rap: "sound", "language" and "ideology". In doing so, I shall also focus on the desire to localize rap, and pay particular attention to rap's global / local context.
著者
木本 玲一
出版者
The Japanese Association for the Study of Popular Music
雑誌
ポピュラー音楽研究 (ISSN:13439251)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.7, pp.3-14, 2003 (Released:2009-10-29)
参考文献数
28
被引用文献数
1

This article examines the networks of people that mediate local rap music in Japan. By focusing on two local rap groups, it explores how they utilize these networks in their live performances and in the releases of their songs. It argues that such networks tend to be constructed in nightclubs and this tendency is connected to the sub-cultural values found on the Japanese rap music scene.
著者
木本 玲一
出版者
学術雑誌目次速報データベース由来
雑誌
ソシオロジ (ISSN:05841380)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.47, no.2, pp.88-88,176, 2002

This article explores local practices of Japanese rap, a musical genre originated in devastated U.S. inner-city communities. For a long time, globalization has been understood as processes of invasion, as posited by the "cultural imperialism" thesis. In recent years, however, many scholars have begun to argue that globalization and localization are not so much as opposed as interrelated. Their argument suggests that mutual interaction can be found not only in the political or economic fields, but also in the cultural fields, including that of popular music. Rap music spreads throughout the world as it is distributed by the record industries and has gradually been localized into various parts of the globe, including Japan. As this occurs, localization has aroused the desire to construct "Japanese" rap, -not an "imitation" of U.S. rap but an "original" form. In this article, I will explore and examine the desire through a discussion of the practices that constitute the main dimensions of rap: "sound", "language" and "ideology". In doing so, I shall also focus on the desire to localize rap, and pay particular attention to rap's global / local context.
著者
東谷 護 大山 昌彦 木本 玲一 安田 昌弘 山田 晴通
出版者
成城大学
雑誌
基盤研究(B)
巻号頁・発行日
2010

グローバル化の下における多様なポピュラー音楽のローカルアイデンティティには、日米ともに、地域密着型の「情熱家」の存在が重要な役割を果たしていることが明らかとなった。情熱家とは、何らかのポピュラー音楽を地域等に導入し、根づかせ、地域独自のものへと変質させる為に、積極的な活動を行い、そうした活動が地域内の他者にも認知され、承認された人である。また、グローバル化を支えたシステム、すなわちメディアの存在が、局地的な地域の文脈でも重要なことが明らかとなった。