The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip-Hop and the Globalisation of Black Popular Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0745319408 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the political economy of the South African music industry to the cultural resistance forged by Afro-Asian hip hop, this potent mix of contributors provides a unique critical insight into the implications of hip hop globally and locally. From the front lines of hip hop culture and music in the USA, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Hawaii, Tanzania, Cuba, Samoa and South Africa, academics, poets, practitioners, journalists, and political commentators explore hip hop -- both as a culture and as a commodity. Indispensable for fans of hip hop culture and music, this book will also appeal to anyone interested in cultural production, cultural politics and the implications of the huge variety of forms hip hop encompasses.. In the preface of The Vinyl Ain't Fina
Fresh said Good Book. Really enjoyed reading this book. I am not sure if it is the description, but this book contains a bunch of short stories from different writers.. Proof of the sorry state of today's academic world A collection of essays, infused with Marxist and post-modernist jargon, dedicated to the proposition thatglobal hip-hop (one of America's most pernicious exports to the world) represents resistance to the evilhegemony of Western discourse. That most of the purveyors of this often subliterate pseudo-scholarshiphave acad
It would certainly gain a wider readership beyond the academic community as many of the essays consciously eschew an academic framework which helps the reader to appreciate the political and social aspects of rap not only in the United States but across the world." -Dr. "This is a helpful book in explaining the appeal of hip hop and rap across the world to those who are dispossessed and have no other voice. Lee Sartain, University of Portsmouth