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The Vinyl Ain´t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture
Dipannita Basu (Ed.)
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Description for The Vinyl Ain´t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture
Paperback. Explores the impact of hip hop on culture worldwide. Editor(s): Basu, Dipannita; Lemelle, Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 photos. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
‘Hip Hop is Dead! Long Live Hip Hop!’
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.
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.
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‘Hip Hop is Dead! Long Live Hip Hop!’
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.
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.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745319407
SKU
V9780745319407
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Ref
99-50
About Dipannita Basu (Ed.)
Dipa Basu is Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at Pitzer College, Claremont, California. She is the editor of The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture (Pluto, 2006) and author of The Politics of Social Science Research: Race, Ethnicity and Social Change (Palgrave Press, 2001). Sidney Lemelle is an ... Read more
Reviews for The Vinyl Ain´t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture
'Shows how at street level a combination of low economic status, poor education and a racist criminal justice system keeps young talented MCs excluded from the music business'
Miriam Zadik Gold, Socialist Review
Miriam Zadik Gold, Socialist Review