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Routledge (2011), Edition: 2, 776 pages
ISBN
9780415873260
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CONTENTS
Introduction Murray Forman
PART I. Hip-Hop Ya Don’t Stop: Hip-Hop History and Historiography
1. The Politics of Graffiti Craig Castleman
2. Zulus on a Time Bomb: Hip-Hop Meets the Rockers Downtown Jeff Chang
3. B-Beats Bombarding Bronx: Mobile DJ Starts Something With Older R&B Disks and Jive Talking NY DJs Rapping Away in Black Discos Robert Ford, Jr.
4. Hip-Hop’s Founding Fathers Speak the Truth Nelson George
5. Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance Jorge "Fabel" Pabon
6. Hip-Hop Turns 30: Watcha Celebratin’ For? Greg Tate
PART II. No Time For Fake Niggas: Hip-Hop Culture and the Authenticity Debates
7. Puerto Rocks: Rap, Roots, and Amnesia Juan Flores
8. It’s a Family Affair Paul Gilroy
9. On the Question of Nigga Authenticity R.A.T. Judy 10. Arabic Hip-Hop: Claims of Authenticity and Identity of a New Genre Usama Kahf
11. Lookin’ for the Real Nigga: Social Scientists Construct the Ghetto Robin D.G. Kelley
12. Hip-Hop Chicano: A Separate but Parallel Story Reagan Kelly
13. Authenticity Within Hip-Hop and Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation Kembrew McLeod
14. Race…and Other Four-Letter Words: Eminem and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity Gilbert Rodman
15. Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity and the Asian American Oliver Wang
PART III. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City: Hip-Hop, Space and Place
16. Black Empires, White Desires: the Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop Davarian Baldwin
17. 'Represent': Race, Space, and Place in Rap Music Murray Forman
18. Rap’s Dirty South: From Subculture to Pop Culture Matt Miller
19. Global Black Self-Fashionings: Hip-Hop as Diasporic Space Marcus Perry
20. Hooligans and Heroes: Youth Identity and Hip-Hop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Alex Perullo
21. Native Tongues: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement Cristina Verán with Darryl DLT Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, and JAAS
PART IV. I’ll be Nina Simone Defecating on Your Microphone: Hip-Hop and Gender
22. I Used to be Scared of the Dick: Queer Women of Color and Hip-Hop Masculinity Andreana Clay
23. Cover Your Eyes as I Describe a Scene so Violent: Violence, Machismo, Sexism, and Homophobia Michael Eric Dyson and Byron Hurt
24. 'The King of the Streets': Hip Hop and the Reclaiming of Masculinity in Jerusalem’s Shu’afat Refugee Camp Ela Greenberg
25. Scared Straight: Hip-Hop, Outing, and the Pedagogy of Queerness Marc Lamont Hill
26. Empowering Self, Making Choices, Creating Spaces: Black Female Identity via Rap Music Performance Cheryl L. Keyes
27. Hip-Hop Feminist Joan Morgan
28. Butta Pecan Mamis Raquel Rivera
PART V. The Message: Rap, Politics and Resistance
29. Intergenerational Culture Wars: Civil Rights vs. Hip Hop Todd Boyd and Yusuf Nuruddin 30. The Challenge of Rap Music from Cultural Movement to Political Power Bakari Kitwana
31. Voyeurism and Resistance in Rap Music Videos Jennifer C. Lena
32. Postindustrial Soul: Black Popular Music at the Crossroads Mark Anthony Neal
33. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community and Consciousness Imani Perry
34. Rise Up Hip-Hop Nation: From Deconstructing Racial Politics to Building Positive Solutions Kristine Wright
PART VI. Looking for the Perfect Beat: Hip-Hop, Technology and Rap’s Lyrical Arts
35. Bring It to the Cypher: Hip Hop Nation Language H. Samy Alim
36. Airshafts, Loudspeakers, and the Hip-Hop Sample Andrew Bartlett
37. Hip-Hop: From Live Performance to Mediated Narrative Greg Dimitriadis
38. Dead Prezence: Money and Mortal Themes in Hip-Hop Culture James Peterson
39. Sampling Ethics Joseph Schloss VII. I Used to Love H.E.R.: Hip-Hop in/and the Culture Industries
40. The Rap Career Mickey Hess
41. The Business of Rap: Between the Street and the Executive Suite Keith Negus
42. 'I Don’t Like to Dream About Getting Paid': Representations of Social Mobility and the Emergence of the Hip-Hop Mogul Christopher Holmes Smith
43. Black Youth and the Ironies of Capitalism S. Craig Watkins
44. An Exploration of Spectacular Consumption: Gangsta Rap as Cultural Commodity Eric K. Watts
Introduction Murray Forman
PART I. Hip-Hop Ya Don’t Stop: Hip-Hop History and Historiography
1. The Politics of Graffiti Craig Castleman
2. Zulus on a Time Bomb: Hip-Hop Meets the Rockers Downtown Jeff Chang
3. B-Beats Bombarding Bronx: Mobile DJ Starts Something With Older R&B Disks and Jive Talking NY DJs Rapping Away in Black Discos Robert Ford, Jr.
4. Hip-Hop’s Founding Fathers Speak the Truth Nelson George
5. Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance Jorge "Fabel" Pabon
6. Hip-Hop Turns 30: Watcha Celebratin’ For? Greg Tate
PART II. No Time For Fake Niggas: Hip-Hop Culture and the Authenticity Debates
7. Puerto Rocks: Rap, Roots, and Amnesia Juan Flores
8. It’s a Family Affair Paul Gilroy
9. On the Question of Nigga Authenticity R.A.T. Judy 10. Arabic Hip-Hop: Claims of Authenticity and Identity of a New Genre Usama Kahf
11. Lookin’ for the Real Nigga: Social Scientists Construct the Ghetto Robin D.G. Kelley
12. Hip-Hop Chicano: A Separate but Parallel Story Reagan Kelly
13. Authenticity Within Hip-Hop and Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation Kembrew McLeod
14. Race…and Other Four-Letter Words: Eminem and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity Gilbert Rodman
15. Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity and the Asian American Oliver Wang
PART III. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City: Hip-Hop, Space and Place
16. Black Empires, White Desires: the Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop Davarian Baldwin
17. 'Represent': Race, Space, and Place in Rap Music Murray Forman
18. Rap’s Dirty South: From Subculture to Pop Culture Matt Miller
19. Global Black Self-Fashionings: Hip-Hop as Diasporic Space Marcus Perry
20. Hooligans and Heroes: Youth Identity and Hip-Hop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Alex Perullo
21. Native Tongues: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement Cristina Verán with Darryl DLT Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, and JAAS
PART IV. I’ll be Nina Simone Defecating on Your Microphone: Hip-Hop and Gender
22. I Used to be Scared of the Dick: Queer Women of Color and Hip-Hop Masculinity Andreana Clay
23. Cover Your Eyes as I Describe a Scene so Violent: Violence, Machismo, Sexism, and Homophobia Michael Eric Dyson and Byron Hurt
24. 'The King of the Streets': Hip Hop and the Reclaiming of Masculinity in Jerusalem’s Shu’afat Refugee Camp Ela Greenberg
25. Scared Straight: Hip-Hop, Outing, and the Pedagogy of Queerness Marc Lamont Hill
26. Empowering Self, Making Choices, Creating Spaces: Black Female Identity via Rap Music Performance Cheryl L. Keyes
27. Hip-Hop Feminist Joan Morgan
28. Butta Pecan Mamis Raquel Rivera
PART V. The Message: Rap, Politics and Resistance
29. Intergenerational Culture Wars: Civil Rights vs. Hip Hop Todd Boyd and Yusuf Nuruddin 30. The Challenge of Rap Music from Cultural Movement to Political Power Bakari Kitwana
31. Voyeurism and Resistance in Rap Music Videos Jennifer C. Lena
32. Postindustrial Soul: Black Popular Music at the Crossroads Mark Anthony Neal
33. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community and Consciousness Imani Perry
34. Rise Up Hip-Hop Nation: From Deconstructing Racial Politics to Building Positive Solutions Kristine Wright
PART VI. Looking for the Perfect Beat: Hip-Hop, Technology and Rap’s Lyrical Arts
35. Bring It to the Cypher: Hip Hop Nation Language H. Samy Alim
36. Airshafts, Loudspeakers, and the Hip-Hop Sample Andrew Bartlett
37. Hip-Hop: From Live Performance to Mediated Narrative Greg Dimitriadis
38. Dead Prezence: Money and Mortal Themes in Hip-Hop Culture James Peterson
39. Sampling Ethics Joseph Schloss VII. I Used to Love H.E.R.: Hip-Hop in/and the Culture Industries
40. The Rap Career Mickey Hess
41. The Business of Rap: Between the Street and the Executive Suite Keith Negus
42. 'I Don’t Like to Dream About Getting Paid': Representations of Social Mobility and the Emergence of the Hip-Hop Mogul Christopher Holmes Smith
43. Black Youth and the Ironies of Capitalism S. Craig Watkins
44. An Exploration of Spectacular Consumption: Gangsta Rap as Cultural Commodity Eric K. Watts