| Description |
1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 8 |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Transcription Conventions; Preface; Acknowledgements; Permissions; 1 Introduction: White Youth and the Appeal of Hip Hop Culture in the 1990s; 2 Yorkville Crossing: A Case Study of the Influence of Hip Hop Culture on the Speech of a White Middle Class Adolescent in New York City; 3 "Keepin' It Real": White Hip Hoppers' Discourse on Language, Race, and Authenticity; 4 Hip Hop, White Immigrant Youth, and African American English: Accommodation as an Identity Choice |
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5 Brooklyn Style: Hip Hop Markers and Racial Affiliation among European Immigrants in New York City6 MC Battles: Seeing Oneself through the Eyes of the Other; 7 "She's So Hood": Ghetto Authenticity on Reality TV; 8 Conclusion: Implications for Theories of Style, Identity Formation, and the Status of African American English in the Hip Hop Age; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate with Hip-Hop culture. Hip-Hop youth engage in practices that range from thec onsumption of rap music and fashion to practices like MC-ing (writing and performing raps or ""rhymes""), DJ-ing (mixing records to produce a beat for the MC), graffiti tagging, and break-dancing. Cutler explores the way in which these young people stylize their speech using linguistic resources drawn from African American English and Hip-Hop slang terms. She also looks at the way they construct their identi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-164) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hip-hop -- United States -- Influence
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Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States
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Language and culture -- United States
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Group identity -- United States
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Sociolinguistics -- United States
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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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Group identity
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Hip-hop -- Influence
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Language and culture
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Sociolinguistics
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317935896 |
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1317935896 |
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9781315858166 |
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1315858169 |
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9781317935889 |
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1317935888 |
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9781138549067 |
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1138549061 |
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