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Hip hop Desis : South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a global race consciousness / Nitasha Tamar Sharma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharma, Nitasha Tamar, 1973-
- Series:
- Refiguring American music.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Refiguring American music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Asian Americans--Music--Social aspects.
- South Asian Americans.
- Rap (Music)--Social aspects--United States.
- Rap (Music).
- Hip-hop--Influence.
- Hip-hop.
- South Asian Americans--Race identity.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ethnography exploring the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists.
- Contents:
- Alternative ethnics : rotten coconuts and ethnic hip hop
- Making race : Desi racial identities, South Asian and Black relations, and racialized hip hop
- Flipping the gender script : gender and sexuality in South Asian and hip hop America
- The appeal of hip hop, ownership, and the politics of location
- Sampling South Asians : dual flows of appropriation and the possibilities of authenticity
- Turning thoughts into action through the politics of identification.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065605
- 9781283065603
- 1283065606
- 9780822392897
- 0822392895
- OCLC:
- 659520126
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