Hip hop headphones : a scholar's critical playlist / James Braxton Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, James Braxton, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rap (Music)--History and criticism.

Rap (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Hip Hop Headphones is a crash course in Hip Hop culture. Featuring definitions, lectures, academic essays, and other scholarly discussions and resources, Hip Hop Headphones documents the scholarship of Dr. James B. Peterson, founder of Hip Hop Scholars-an organization devoted to developing the educational potential of Hip Hop. Defining Hip Hop from multi-disciplinary perspectives that embrace the elemental forms of Hip Hop Culture (b-boying, dj-ing, rapping, and graffiti art), Hip Hop Headphones is the definitive guide to how Hip Hop culture can be used in the classroom to engage and inspire students."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Critical Listening in Critical Times

SECTION 1DEFINITIONS

1Re: Definition

2Becoming and Being a Hip Hop Scholar

SECTION 2SPEECH AND BEATS

3From Ashy to Classy

4Best Never Heard: Playlist Pedagogy in the Hip Hop Classroom

SECTION 3SCHOLARLY REVIEWS

5Angry Black White Boyz

6A Review of Mansbach's Rage is Back

7Gangsta Scholarship: A Review of Nuthin' but a "G" Thang

8A Review of Beats, Rhymes, and Life (ATCQ Documentary)

9What Conservative Men Think . . . A Review of ?What Black Men Think?

SECTION 4RAP AROUND THE TABLE

10Race, Theory, and Gender in Hip Hop's Global Future

SECTION 5RAPADEMICS

11These Three Words

12Corner Boy Masculinity

13Rewriting the Remix

14Epilogue

APPENDICES

A Collection of Hip Hop Syllabi.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501308239

1501308238

9781501308260

1501308262

OCLC:

929154892