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Roc the mic right : the language of hip hop culture / H. Samy Alim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alim, H. Samy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Languages.
- African Americans.
- Black English--United States.
- Black English.
- English language--Social aspects--United States.
- English language.
- Hip-hop--United States.
- Hip-hop.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim then focuses on discursive practices, such as narrative sequencing and ciphers, or lyrical circles of rhymers. Often a marginalized phenomenon, the complexity and creativity of Hip Hop lyrical production is emphasised, whilst Alim works towards the creation of a schema by which to understand its aesthetic.Using his own ethnog
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Shout outs; Chapter 1 'The streetz iz a mutha': The street and the formation of a Hip Hop Linguistics (HHLx); Chapter 2 Verbal Mujahidin in theTransglobal Hip Hop Umma: Islam, discursive struggle, and the weapons of mass culture; Chapter 3 "Talkin Black in this White Man's World": Linguistic supremacy, linguistic equanimity, and the politics of language; Chapter 4 "Bring it to the cypher": Hip Hop Nation Language; Chapter 5 Spittin the Code of the Streets: The strategic construction of a street-conscious identity
- Chapter 6 "Every syllable of mine is an umbilical cord through time": Toward an analytical schema of Hip Hop poeticsChapter 7 "I'm Pharoahe when I'm on stage; I'm Troy when I'm home in Queens": An interview with Pharoahe Monch; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-24364-2
- 1-280-56695-7
- 9786610566952
- 0-203-00673-9
- 9780203006733
- OCLC:
- 275360214
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