Religion and hip hop / Monica R. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Monica R., 1981- author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture

Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Hip-hop.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religion and Hip Hop brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. Bringing postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion to bear on Hip Hop cultural practices, this book examines how scholars in religious and theological studies have deployed and approached religion when analyzing Hip Hop data. Using existing empirical studies on youth and religion to the cultural criticism of the Humanities, Religion and Hip Hop argues that common among existing scholarship is a thin interrogation of the category

Contents:

Introduction: (re)finding religion

Scapegoats, boundaries, and blame: the civic face of hip-hop culture

Don't judge a book by its cover

And the word became flesh: hip-hop culture and the (in)coherence of religion

Inside-out: complex subjectivity and postmodern thought

Youth religiosity in America: the empirical landscape

Faith in the flesh

Conclusion: when the religious ain't so religious, after all.

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:

1-136-23251-6

1-283-71224-5

0-203-10083-2

1-136-23252-4

9780203100837

OCLC:

817887454