Close to the edge : in search of the global hip hop generation / Sujatha Fernandes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernandes, Sujatha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hip-hop.

Rap (Music).

Physical Description:

xi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

In search of the global hip hop generation

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2011.

Summary:

At its rhythmic, beating heart, this book asks whether hip hap can change the world. Hip hop - rapping, beat-making, b-boying, deejaying graffiti - captured the imagination of the teenage Sujatha Femandes in the 1980s, inspiring her and politicizing her along the way. Years later armed with mc-ing skills and an urge to immerse herself in global hip hop, she embarks on a, journey into street culture around the world. From the south side of Caracas and Havana and the sprawling periphery of Sydney, she grapples with questions of global voices and local critiques and the rage that underlies both. An engrossing read and an exahilarating travelogue this punchy book also asks hard questions about dispossession, racism, poverty and the quest for change through a microphone. Book jacket.

Contents:

The making of a hip hop globe

Made in Havana City

Down and underground in Chi-Town

Blackfulla Blackfulla

In the mouth of the wolf

Global rage : over the edge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [103]-200).

ISBN:

1844677419

9781844677412

OCLC:

711052051