Afro-Colombian Hip-hop
Afro-Colombian Hip-hop

Author: Christopher Dennis

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0739150561

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Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities, by Christopher Dennis, explores the impact that globalization and the transnational spread of U.S. popular culture--specifically hip-hop and rap--are having on the social identities of younger generations of black Colombians. Along with addressing why and how hip-hop has migrated so effectively to Colombia's black communities, Dennis introduces readers to some of the country's most renowned Afro-Colombian hip-hop artists, their musical innovations, and production and distribution practices. Above all, Dennis demonstrates how, through a mode of transculturation, today's young artists are transforming U.S. hip-hop into a more autonomous art form used for articulating oppositional social and political critiques, reworking ethnic identities, and actively contributing to the reimagining of the Colombian nation. Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop uncovers ways in which young Afro-Colombian performers are attempting to use hip-hop and digital media to bring the perspectives, histories, and expressive forms of their marginalized communities into national and international public consciousness.

Hip-Hop en Français
Hip-Hop en Français

Author: Alain-Philippe Durand

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1538116332

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Hip-Hop en Français charts the emergence and development of hip-hop culture in France, French Caribbean, Québec, and Senegal from its origins until today. With essays by renowned hip-hop scholars and a foreword by Marcyliena Morgan, executive director of the Harvard University Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, this edited volume addresses topics such as the history of rap music; hip-hop dance; the art of graffiti; hip-hop artists and their interactions with media arts, social media, literature, race, political and ideological landscapes; and hip-hop based education (HHBE). The contributors approach topics from a variety of different disciplines including African and African-American studies, anthropology, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, dance studies, education, ethnology, French and Francophone studies, history, linguistics, media studies, music and ethnomusicology, and sociology. As one of the most comprehensive books dedicated to hip-hop culture in France and the Francophone World written in the English language, this book is an essential resource for scholars and students of African, Caribbean, French, and French-Canadian popular culture as well as anthropology and ethnomusicology.

Desi Rap
Desi Rap

Author: Ajay Nair

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780739127216

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"Desi Rap is a collection of essays from South Asian American activists, academics, and hip-hop artists that explores four main ideas: hip-hop as a means of expression of racial identity, class status, gender, sexuality, racism, and culture; the appropriation of Black racial identity by South Asian American consumers of hip-hop; the furthering of the discourse on race and ethnic identity in the United States through hip-hop; and the exploration of South Asian Americans' use of hip-hop as a form of social protest. Ultimately, Desi Rap is about broadening our horizons through hip-hop and embracing the South Asian American community's polycultural legacy and future."--BOOK JACKET.

La Verdad
La Verdad

Author: Melissa Castillo Planas

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780814213155

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From graffitera crews in Costa Rica and Nicaragua to Mexican Hip Hop in New York to Aymara rap in Boliva, La Verdad: An International Dialogue on Hip Hop Latinidades explores the global explosion of hip hop, confounding stereotypes of Latinidad and who and how hip hop is consumed, lived and performed.

Let Spirit Speak!
Let Spirit Speak!

Author: Vanessa K. Valdés

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1438442173

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Interdisciplinary celebration of the cultural contributions of members of the African Diaspora in the Western hemisphere.

Postnational Musical Identities
Postnational Musical Identities

Author: Ignacio Corona

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780739118214

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Postnational Musical Identities gathers interdisciplinary essays that explore how music audiences and markets are imagined in a globalized scenario, how music reflects and reflects upon new understandings of citizenship beyond the nation-state, and how music works as a site of resistance against globalization. "Hybridity," "postnationalism," "transnationalism," "globalization," "diaspora," and similar buzzwords have not only informed scholarly discourse and analysis of music but also shaped the way musical productions have been marketed worldwide in recent times. While the construction of identities occupies a central position in this context, there are discrepancies between the conceptualization of music as an extremely fluid phenomenon and the traditionally monovalent notion of identity to which it has historically been incorporated. As such, music has always been linked to the construction of regional and national identities. The essays in this collection seek to explore the role of music, networks of music distribution, music markets, music consumption, music production, and music scholarship in the articulation of postnational sites of identification.

The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader
The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader

Author: Ana del Sarto

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13: 9780822333401

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Essays by intellectuals and specialists in Latin American cultural studies that provide a comprehensive view of the specific problems, topics, and methodologies of the field vis-a-vis British and U.S. cultural studies.

Black, Blanc, Beur
Black, Blanc, Beur

Author: Alain-Philippe Durand

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780810844315

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This text is about the emergence and growing notoriety of rap music and the hip-hop culture in the French-speaking world. It provides an introduction to many forms of expression of hip-hop cultures.

Hip Hop around the World
Hip Hop around the World

Author: Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2018-12-01

Total Pages: 933

ISBN-13:

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This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity. Hip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. Hip Hop around the World includes more than 450 entries on global hip hop culture as it includes music, art, fashion, dance, social and cultural movements, organizations, and styles of hip hop. Virtually every country is represented in the text. Most of the entries focus on music styles and notable musicians and are unique in that they discuss the sound of various hip hop styles and musical artists' lyrical content, vocal delivery, vocal ranges, and more. Many additional entries deal with dance styles, such as breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, popping/locking, clowning, and krumping, and cultural movements, such as black nationalism, Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation, and Universal Zulu Nation. Country entries take into account politics, history, language, authenticity, and personal and community identification. Special care is taken to draw relationships between people and entities such as mentor-apprentice, producer-musician, and more.

Hip-hop Within and Without the Academy
Hip-hop Within and Without the Academy

Author: Karen Snell

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780739197523

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Hip-hop's historical nature as a mouthpiece for marginalized peoples provides a platform for its universal-appeal and contemporary relevancy. Moreover, hip-hop culture's affirmation of a pedagogy of liberation has great potential not only to address many current issues in educational contexts, but also to create more egalitarian ambitions in western public schools.