000298395 001__ 298395 000298395 005__ 20231222133553.0 000298395 037__ $$aBOOK 000298395 090__ $$aHEITH 1348 000298395 245__ $$a"Silence... on est en France"$$ba rap history of the 'other' in France (1981-2012) 000298395 260__ $$aGeneva$$bGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies$$c2020 000298395 269__ $$a2020 000298395 300__ $$aVI, 275 p.$$bill. 000298395 336__ $$aPhD Theses 000298395 508__ $$aDirecteur de thèse : Professeur Davide Rodogno 000298395 520__ $$aMy thesis aims to construct a historical narrative around the notion of the 'outsider' in France, in other words, those who consider themselves as part of the French Republic but to whom the Republic does not reciprocate this loyalty. These legal but ostracised citizens are relegated to a periphery of citizenry and rights in the everyday, while bearing witness to a theoretical political rhetoric of tolerance and inclusion. They comprise what we may term the 'Fifth Estate', brought together by their isolation from the facets of society associated with 'the norm'. Rap music in France, I argue, is in some ways a sample representative of this fifth estate, and their lyrics can provide a telescope into both their experience as secondary citizens of a very present nation-state, as well as to their vision of what the Republic should become. Despite an exponential increase in the popularity of Rap and its potential as a voice for the disadvantaged youth of France over the years, its rhetoric has landed on largely silent ears in the political system and beyond. This is reflected in the fact that the demands made of the French state (and system) by rappers expounding upon their experiences of exclusion have retained an essential continuity between 1991 (the inception of big commercial hits in French rap) and the end of Nicolas Sarkozy's time in power in 2012. The nuances of whether this is intentional on the part of the artists, sculpted by the music industry, a self-fulfilling stereotype, or is a genuine reflection of stagnant (or deteriorating) social circumstances, form the core of the discussion of the thesis. 000298395 700__ $$aGhose, Paroma Raya 000298395 8564_ $$9fe4cd9ed-df10-492c-a5a0-bdcb55f0fe9c$$s88503935$$uhttps://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298395/files/Paroma%20Ghose%20PhD%20Thesis.pdf 000298395 909CO $$ooai:repository.graduateinstitute.ch:298395$$pGLOBAL_SET 000298395 970__ $$a121911854.00.mpt 000298395 980__ $$aDOHP 000298395 981__ $$aoverwrite 000298395 981__ $$a298439