Oppugnancy in the New World: Charles Long Considers Kanye West - La Opugnancia en el Nuevo Mundo: Charles Long Considera a Kanye West
[This essay considers hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Kanye West (b. 1977) as a subject for Charles Long (b. 1926). How would Long understand what West is and has done? Charles Long made interpreting Black religion in America a determining practice for the study of religion. Even more, Long hopes th...
| Published in: | American religion |
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| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
2021
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American religion
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| Summary: | [This essay considers hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Kanye West (b. 1977) as a subject for Charles Long (b. 1926). How would Long understand what West is and has done? Charles Long made interpreting Black religion in America a determining practice for the study of religion. Even more, Long hopes that the study of the religion of the oppressed will help us see the oppressive elements in religion more generally. Kanye West is famous for many things, but perhaps none more prominently than his sacrilege. The same person who rapped, "I made Jesus Walks, I'm never going to hell," is also the one who said, "When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice." Describing his impiety as inseparable from his artistry, placing his voice in the history of New World contact, I suggest you can't understand the religion of the oppressed without understanding Kanye's particular brand of offense. Reading Kanye West as a blasphemer, I argue Long would see his blasphemy as his oppugnancy. Este ensayo considera al artista del hip-hop y empresario Kanye West (n. 1977) como sujeto de Charles Long (n. 1926). ¿Cómo entendería Long lo que es y ha hecho West? Charles Long hizo que la interpretación de la religión negra en Estados Unidos fuese una práctica determinante para el estudio de la religión. Aún más, Long espera que el estudio de la religión de los oprimidos nos ayude a ver los elementos opresivos en la religión más generalmente. Kanye West es famoso por muchas cosas, pero quizás ninguna más prominente que la de su sacrilegio. La misma persona que rapeó, "Hice ‘Jesus Walks,‘ nunca iré al infierno," también es quien dijo: "Cuando escuchas de la esclavitud por 400 años … ¿Por 400 años? Me parece una opción." Al describir su impiedad como algo inseparable de su arte, al ubicar su voz en la historia del contacto con el Nuevo Mundo, propongo que no se puede entender la religión del oprimido sin comprender la clase particular de ofensa de Kanye. Al interpretar a Kanye West como un blasfemo, sostengo que Long interpretaría dicha blasfemia como "opugnanncia."] |
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| ISSN: | 2643-9247 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2979/amerreli.2.2.06 |