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Normate and crip articulations of dis/ability in Swedish hip-hop
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Child and Youth Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4086-763x
Number of Authors: 12026 (English)In: Nordic noise: Hip-hop, culture, and community in Northern Europe / [ed] Susan Lindholm; Kristine Ringsager, London: Routledge, 2026, p. 64-77Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Power relations have long been a central concern in relation to hip-hop for both artists and scholars. Inequalities of race, ethnicity and class have often been in focus, and to a more limited extent questions about gender and sexuality. However, until recently, questions about dis/ability have been largely neglected. This chapter adds to the emerging literature on dis/ability in hip-hop by analyzing how disability is constructed in hip-hop in Sweden. Drawing on crip theory, the chapter identifies three different articulations. First, ‘dissing disability’ denotes uses of disability as a metaphor for that which is not desirable. Second, ‘enjoying the stigma’ refers to when disability is used metaphorically in a positive way for transgressions of a dull and conventional normality. Both these uses remain limited, however, because of their being employed from a normate, able-bodied point of view. In contrast, ‘cripping the gaze’ is a more political articulation that starts off from non-normative embodiment and calls into question able-bodied social practices, as well as welfare state cutbacks. The chapter argues for more attention to questions about dis/ability within Hip-Hop Studies, and in particular sheds light on the need to distinguish between normate and crip articulations of dis/ability.

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London: Routledge, 2026. p. 64-77
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Child and Youth Studies
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Child and Youth Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-251311DOI: 10.4324/9781003248835-5Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105029997264ISBN: 9781032165011 (print)ISBN: 9781003248835 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-251311DiVA, id: diva2:2029469
Available from: 2026-01-16 Created: 2026-01-16 Last updated: 2026-03-03Bibliographically approved

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