H. Samy Alim (UCLA and USA New York University)

Roc the Mic Right

The Language of Hip Hop Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the central role of language in the Hip Hop Nation, this fascinating book examines the complexity and creativity of lyrical production, the real conversations of celebrated Hip Hop artists, and Hip Hop language in an educational context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780415358781
• ISBN-10: 0415358787
• Artikelnr.: 21072826

Autorenporträt

H. Samy Alim is a visiting scholar in UCLA's anthropology department and author of You Know My Steez (2004) and co-author of Street Conscious Rap (1999). His research interests include Black Language, global Hip Hop Culture, and the street language, culture, and music of the Muslim world.

Inhaltsangabe

Shout outs 1 "The streetz iz a mutha": The street and the formation of a
Hip Hop Linguistics (HHLx) 2 Verbal Mujahidin in the Transglobal Hip Hop
Umma: Islam, discursive struggle, and the weapons of mass culture 3 "Talkin
Black in this White Man's World": Linguistic supremacy, linguistic
equanimity, and the politics of language 4 "Bring it to the cypher": Hip
Hop Nation Language 5 Spittin the Code of the Streets: The strategic
construction of a street-conscious identity 6 "Every syllable of mine is an
umbilical cord through time": Toward an analytical schema of Hip Hop
poetics 7 "I'm Pharoahe when I'm on stage; I'm Troy when I'm home in
Queens": An interview with Pharoahe Monch