Global linguistic flows : hip hop cultures, youth identities, and the politics of language / edited by H. Samy Alim, Awad Ibrahim, Alastair Pennycook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alim, H. Samy.

Ibrahim, Awad.

Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture and globalization.

Hip-hop--Influence.

Hip-hop.

Education in popular culture.

Language and culture.

Intercultural communication.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Located at the intersection of sociolinguistics and Hip Hop Studies, this cutting-edge book moves around the world - spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas and the European Union - to explore Hip Hop cultures, youth identities, the politics of language, and the simultaneous processes of globalization and localization. Focusing closely on language, these scholars of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, cultural studies, and critical pedagogies offer linguistic insights to the growing scholarship on Hip Hop Culture, while reorienting their respective fields by paying closer atte

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Shout Outs; Intro: Straight Outta Compton, Straight aus München: Global Linguistic Flows, Identities, and the Politics of Language in a Global Hip Hop Nation; DISC 1 Styling Locally, Styling Globally: The Globalization of Language and Culture in a Global Hip Hop Nation; TRACK 1 Hip Hop as Dusty Foot Philosophy: Engaging Locality; TRACK 2 Language and the Th ree Spheres of Hip Hop; TRACK 3 Conversational Sampling, Race Traffi cking, and the Invocation of the Gueto in Brazilian Hip Hop

TRACK 4 "You Shouldn't Be Rappin', You Should Be Skateboardin' the X-Games": The Coconstruction of Whiteness in an MC BattleTRACK 5 From Da Bomb to Bomba: Global Hip Hop Nation Language in Tanzania; TRACK 6 "So I Choose to Do Am Naija Style": Hip Hop, Language, and Postcolonial Identities; DISC 2 The Power of the Word: Hip Hop Poetics, Pedagogies, and the Politics of Language in Global Contexts; TRACK 7 "Still Reppin' Por Mi Gente": The Transformative Power of Language Mixing in Quebec Hip Hop

TRACK 8 "Respect for Da Chopstick Hip Hop": The Politics, Poetics, and Pedagogy of Cantonese Verbal Art in Hong KongTRACK 9 Dragon Ash and the Reinterpretation of Hip Hop: On the Notion of Rhyme in Japanese Hip Hop; TRACK 10 "Th at's All Concept; It's Nothing Real": Reality and Lyrical Meaning in Rap; TRACK 11 Creating "An Empire Within an Empire": Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and the Role of Sociolinguistics; TRACK 12 Takin Hip Hop to a Whole Nother Level: Métissage, Affect, and Pedagogy in a Global Hip Hop Nation; Hip-Hop Headz aka List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-59299-3

1-281-75397-1

9786611753979

0-203-89278-X

9780203892787

OCLC:

262685249