Hip hop en Chile: inicios y construcción de un movimiento social en dictadura

Abstract

The present work approaches the process of conformation and characterization that Hip Hop had in Chile between 1984 and 1990. The movement arose due to the phenomenon of globalization and the different channels of information, such as cinema and television, which made known, principally through dance, the existence of Hip Hop. Its members are mostly young people who build an individual and collective identity based on their socioeconomic and/or age marginality. The movement built a critical and confrontational character in the midst of the military dictatorship, which is why its members used the tools provided by Hip Hop to establish a series of criticisms focused mainly on the abuses committed by government institutions. Chilean Hip Hop is usually characterized in advance as a social movement, but this statement is usually timeless and / or without any basis. In this paper it is understood, within the period of study, as a new social movement in development, since, although it configured its own culture, a collective identity and a series of organizational structures, it was unable to concretize a strategy and common objectives.