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Author Dennis, Christopher, 1974- author.

Title Afro-Colombian hip-hop : globalization, transcultural music, and ethnic identities
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Afro-Colombian Historical Context; Demographics and Socio-Economic Indicators; Globalization and Neoliberal Reform; Why Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop and Rap?; Notes; Chapter Two: Hip-Hop Afrocolombiano; Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop Groups; Production and Distribution; Notes; Chapter Three: Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop; "Hip-Hop Real"; The Armed Conflict; The Illicit Drug Trade; Displacement; The Urban Experience; Violence; Conclusions: The Periphery of the Periphery; Notes; Chapter Four: The Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop Narrative and Emerging Identity Constructs
Mass-Mediated Transnational Cultural ContactRacial Discrimination; Afro-Colombian Solidarity Movements and Cultural Organizations; Africa and the Diaspora; Conclusions: "Pasado, Presente, Futuro"; Notes; Chapter Five: The "Afro-Colombianization" of Hip-Hop; Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: From Adoption to Adaptation; "Hip-Hop Real" and Ethnic-Racial Tension; Mainstream Audiences and Growing Commercial Success; Conclusions: An Afro-Colombian Reading; Notes; Chapter Six: An (Afro)Colombian Hip-Hop Nation; Mestizaje and Music Nationalism; Multiculturalism and Music Diversification
Ethnic Pride as an Expression of Colombian NationhoodConclusions: Colombia's Hip-Hop Nation; Notes; Chapter Seven: Conclusions; The Next Chapter; Notes; Selected Discography; Bibliography; Index
Summary Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transnational Music, and Ethnic Identities, by Christopher Dennis, reveals how, through a mode of transculturation, Afro-Colombian youth are transforming U.S. hip-hop into a more autonomous art form used for articulating oppositional social and political critiques, reworking ethnic identities, and actively taking part in the reimagining of the nation. This book represents a valuable addition to the body of academic work emerging from scholars bringing Afro-Colo
Bibliography Includes discography (pages 163), bibliographical references (p. 165-171) , and index
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Subject Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- Colombia
Rap (Music) -- Colombia -- History and criticism
Black people -- Colombia -- Music -- History and criticism
Hip-hop -- Colombia
Music and globalization -- Colombia
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Rap & Hip Hop.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Pop Vocal.
Black people -- Music
Hip-hop
Music and globalization
Rap (Music)
Rap (Music) -- Social aspects
Hip-Hop
Rap
Schwarze
Rap -- sociala aspekter -- Colombia.
Svarta -- sociala förhållanden -- Colombia.
Svarta -- musik -- historia -- Colombia.
Hip-hop -- Colombia.
Colombia
Kolumbien
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011037372
ISBN 9780739150580
0739150588
1280666412
9781280666414
9786613643346
6613643343