Berlin-Frankfurt-Istanbul: Turkish hip-hop in motion

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-327

  Solomon, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affect; Belonging; Hip hop; Movement; Music scenes; Rap music; Transnationalism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449576134     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549409105366     Document Type: Article

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