Bramwell, Richard, QC

UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City

The Aesthetics and Ethics of London's Rap Scenes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book fills a large hole in the literature, looking at UK hip-hop culture and the social and economic relations that have produced it. The author demonstrates how working class youths aesthetically represent their conditions of urban dwelling, and how they adapt this culture to contribute to inter-racial collaboration.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Ethnography
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781138319172
• ISBN-10: 1138319171
• Artikelnr.: 53168794

Autorenporträt

Richard Bramwell

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "Revolution of a Next Kind": Building Black London from the
Bottom 2. "On The Bus My Oyster Card Goes 'Ding De Diing De Ding Ding'":
Transforming the Space of London's Public Transport 3. "I See the Glow in
You": Summoning the Aura in London's Post Hip-Hop Culture 4. "That There
Kind of Sumthin' Sounds Strange to Me": Social Representation and the
Recorded Soundscape 5. From a "Junior Spesh" to the "Keys to the Bentley":
The Routes of Grimey London. Conclusion: "Take Back the Scene"