No Face, No Case: Russian Hip Hop and Politics under Putinism

This article explores the phenomenon of Russian hip hop as part of a creative resistance movement in contemporary Russia. It argues that hip hop, which originally came to Russia during the country’s 1990s infatuation with the West, links back to a long-standing tradition of music as counterculture i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne Liebig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2020-07-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/4473