| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 233 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Ethnomusicology multimedia |
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Ethnomusicology multimedia.
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| Contents |
Music and black identity in the Soviet Union -- Music and black experiences in post-Soviet Ukraine -- Commercial and underground hip hop in Ukraine -- Afro-Ukrainian hip hop fusion -- Hip hop in Uganda |
| Summary |
In Hip Hop Ukraine, we enter a world of urban music and dance competitions, hip hop parties, and recording studio culture to explore unique sites of interracial encounters among African students, African immigrants, and local populations in Ukraine. Adriana N. Helbig combines ethnographic research with music, media, and policy analysis to examine how localized forms of hip hop create social and political spaces where an interracial youth culture can speak to issues of human rights and racial equality. She maps the complex trajectories of musical influence-African, Soviet, American-to show how |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rap (Music) -- Ukraine -- History and criticism
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Hip-hop -- Ukraine
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Black people -- Race identity -- Ukraine
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Rap & Hip Hop.
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Black people -- Race identity
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Hip-hop
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Rap (Music)
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Ukraine
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253012081 |
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0253012082 |
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