The Healing Power of Hip Hop / Raphael Travis Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Travis Jr., Raphael, author.

Series:

Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture.

Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Praeger, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives. In The Healing Power of Hip Hop, Raphael Travis Jr. offers a passionate look into existing tensions aligned with Hip Hop and demonstrates the beneficial quality it can have empowering its audience. His unique perspective takes Hip Hop out of the negative light and shows readers how Hip Hop has benefited the Black community. Organized to first examine the social and historical framing of Hip Hop culture and Black experiences in the United States, the remainder of the book is dedicated to elaborating on consistent themes of excellence and well-being in Hip Hop, and examining evidence of new ambassadors of Hip Hop culture across professional disciplines. The author uses research-informed language and structures to help the reader fully understand how Hip Hop creates more pathways to health and learning for youth and communities.

Contents:

Series Foreword Acknowledgments "For Every Rose" Introduction Chapter 1 Unpacking the Culture of Hip Hop Chapter 2 Racial Identity, Hip Hop Culture, and the Shift to Mainstream Pop Culture Chapter 3 Hip Hop's History of Healing and Empowerment in High-Risk Environments Chapter 4 Affirming Identities: Hip Hop Values, Esteem, and Black Experiences Chapter 5 Context, Surviving, and Thriving: Resilience and Black Experiences Chapter 6 My Life, My Community: Growth and Black Experiences Chapter 7 A Change Is Gonna Come: Calls for Better across Black Communities Chapter 8 From Emotions to Learning and Growth: New Models for Understanding Hip Hop Chapter 9 Hip Hop and Physical Health: Healthy Environments to Live, Work, and Play Chapter 10 Hip Hop and Education: Engagement, Equity, and Excellence Chapter 11 Hip Hop and Out-of-School Time: Creating New Pathways to Growth and Change Chapter 12 Hip Hop and Mental Health: Emotions, Coping, Identity, and Growth Chapter 13 The Healing Power of Hip Hop: The Next Forty Years Notes Index About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9798400662171

9798216094876

9781440831317

1440831319

OCLC:

1388633163