The politics of Austrian hip-hop: HC Strache's xenophobia gets dissed

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Abstract

In August 2006, a youthful, proudly conservative politician in Austria, Heinz-Christian (or HC) Strache, the new face of the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ), employed the medium of hip-hop music to get his party's nationalistic message out to voters before the Nationalrat elections on October 1. The text to « HC-RAP: Österreich zuerst » foregrounds his party's antiestablishment and antiimmigrant platform, and the song presents this politician's obvious artistic limitations, but it marks a bold step into the arena of younger potential voters.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)209-230
Number of pages22
JournalColloquia Germanica
Volume39
Issue number2
StatePublished - 30 Jun 2006

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