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1 online resource (vii, 167 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in Ethnography |
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Routledge advances in ethnography.
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| Contents |
Introduction : journey of the spoken word -- 1. Tending the conscious hip hop family -- 2. Hip hop esoterics : energy and consciousness -- 3. From periphrasis to personal development : a cultural biography of a hip hop poet and teacher -- 4. 'Life-bars' for grime prevention -- 5. White boy hip hop suite : hip hop theatre and the colouring of culture -- Conclusions : cultural appropriation and property versus interculture -- Methodological coda : catching knowledge as it drops -- Index |
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: journey of the spoken word; Hip hop versus rap; The study; Post-hip hop edutainment and youth work; Inside out British hip hop; The core argument and organisation of the book; Notes; References; 1. Tending the conscious hip hop family; Afrocentricity and consciousness; Hip hop's fifth element: knowledge; Topographies of the hip hop family; Those who know know; Conclusions; Notes; References; 2. Hip hop esoterics: energy and consciousness; Slipping in and out of consciousness |
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Hip hop and rap: 'you receive that energy you become that'Musical technology and consciousness; Conclusions: hypodermic rap versus authentic hip hop; Notes; References ; 3. From periphrasis to personal development: a cultural biography of a hip hop poet and teacher; Hip hop and periphrasis; Meeting Roger; Cultural capital and social amelioration; Orality, hip hop aesthetics, and pedagogy; Hip hop and personal development: 'to step ahead in life through art'; Municipal hip hop and the therapeutic; Conclusions: immanent critique versus personal development; Notes; References |
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4. 'Life-bars' for grime preventionGrime emceeing and libidinal energy; Words v flow; Validate and channel grime flow; Life-bars: confessional rhetoric and edutainment; Staying outside or inside: 'makes us sound like bad people'; Conclusions: hip help; Notes; References; 5. White boy hip hop suite: hip hop theatre and the colouring of culture ; The colour of global hip hop culture; Hip hop theatre: form, content, and social re-composition; Blue-eyed hip hop cipher in the White City; White rappers' dilemma; No black and white, more states of ambivalence |
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Conclusions: cultural appropriation and property versus intercultureNotes; References; Conclusion: the politics of hip hop edutainment; Two different definitions; Vernacular cultural deeds of title; Vernacular cultural freedom; Post-hip hop insurgency; Notes; References; Methodological coda: catching knowledge as it drops; Ethnography on the bias; Milieu; Practice; Imbrication; Conclusions; Note; References; Index |
| Summary |
"'What is the real hip hop?' 'To whom does hip hop belong?' 'For what constructive purposes can hip hop be put to use?' These are three key questions posed by hip hop activists. They explore the politics of cultural authenticity, ownership and uplift in London's post hip hop scene. The book is an ethnographic study of the identity, role, formation, and practices of the organic intellectuals that populate and propagate this 'conscious' hip hop milieu. Indeed, Turner provides an insightful examination of the work of artists and practitioners who use hip hop 'off-street' in the spheres of youth work, education, and theatre to raise consciousness and to develop artistic and personal skills. He also seeks to portray how cultural activism, which styles itself grassroots and mature, is framed around a discursive opposition between what is authentic and ethical in hip hop culture and what is counterfeit and corrupt. Turner identifies that this play of difference, framed as an ethical schism, also presents hip hop's organic intellectuals with a narrative that enables them to align their insurgent values with those of policy and to thereby receive institutional support. This enlightening volume will be of interest to post-graduates and scholars interested in hip-hop studies; youth work; critical pedagogy; young people and crime/justice; the politics of race/racism; the politics of youth/education; urban governance; social movement studies; street culture studies and vernacular studies."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hip-hop -- England -- London
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Rap (Music) -- England -- London -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Hip-hop
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Rap (Music)
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England -- London
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134831623 |
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1134831625 |
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9781134831692 |
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1134831692 |
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9781134831760 |
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1134831765 |
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9781315544663 |
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1315544660 |
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