Open Access“You’re a rapper, represent Arrentela, you’re from the Red Eyes Gang”: sociabilities and life styles of young people from the suburbs of Lisbon
Author(s) -
Otávio Raposo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sociologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2182-7907
pISSN - 0873-6529
DOI - 10.7458/spp2010647787
Subject(s) - ideology , sociology , style (visual arts) , portuguese , immigration , gender studies , media studies , visual arts , art , political science , politics , law , linguistics , philosophy
In Arrentela, Seixal, some young rap fans have created an informal group called the Red Eyes Gang with the aim of expanding their musical projects and developing the sense of belonging among themselves. Mainly black (of African immigrant families) and members of the lowest social classes in Portuguese society, the young people in the Red Eyes Gang make the rap style an instrument with which they canresignify a set of values, norms and ideologies related to their social environment, subverting the discourses that stigmatise them. In creating positive identities and developing a stylistic performance, they want to have the “right to a voice” and influence the shape of the society in which they live.