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Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan, Meredith Schweig (2025) | Synapse

March 18, 2026Global Hip Hop Studies0 citationsOpen Access

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Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan, Meredith Schweig (2025)

JNJason NgUniversity College Cork

Key Points

The review analyzes how rap music serves as a medium for storytelling and knowledge in Taiwan.
Literary analysis of rap lyrics
Cultural context exploration
Comparative study with other art forms
Identified rap as a key tool for cultural expression in Taiwan.
Highlighted narratives addressing social issues.
Showed how rap contributes to Taiwanese identity formation.

Abstract

Review of: Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan , Meredith Schweig (2025) Chicago, IL and London: University of Chicago Press, 248 pp., ISBN 978-0-22681-958-7, p/bk, USD 30.00

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba43384e9516ffd37a441e https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/ghhs_00112_5

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