Ideologies of marginality in Brazilian hip hop / Derek Pardue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pardue, Derek, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Brazil--São Paulo.

Ethnology.

Hip-hop--Brazil--São Paulo.

Hip-hop.

Hip-hop dance--Brazil--São Paulo.

Hip-hop dance.

Social classes--Brazil--São Paulo.

Social classes.

Ethnicity--Brazil--São Paulo.

Ethnicity.

Sex role--Brazil--São Paulo.

Sex role.

Marginality, Social--Brazil--São Paulo.

Marginality, Social.

Dance--Social aspects--Brazil--São Paulo.

Dance.

Dance--Social aspects.

São Paulo (Brazil)--Social life and customs.

São Paulo (Brazil).

Brazil--São Paulo.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

In the land of samba there is another vibrant culture capturing the attention of urban youth. In this compelling account, Pardue argues that hip hop, while certainly a product of globalized flows of information and technology, is by no means homogenous. Rather, it serves as a set of ideologies for everyday people to make sense of and potentially change their lives. Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, Ideologies of Marginality in Brazilian Hip Hop represents "culture" as generative and thus meaningful as a set of practices. When interpreted in this manner, local hip hoppers become closer to what they claim to be-subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. In his ethnography, Pardue highlights the analytical categories of race, class, gender, and territory.

Contents:

Introduction and frame

Assembling Brazilian hip hop histories

Making territorial claims: São Paulo hip-hop and the socio-geographical dynamics of periferia

Putting mano to music: testing hip hop negritude

Mano/Mana: the engendering of the periferia

Fechou? (I'm out/the end?): concluding remarks about a crisis and an opportunity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-205) and index.

ISBN:

023060465X

9780230604650

OCLC:

187548353

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