The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience : Dissatisfaction and Dissent / edited by Andrew S. Ross, Damian J. Rivers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Andrew S., Editor.

Rivers, Damian J., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Culture.

Youth--Social life and customs.

Youth.

Linguistics--Methodology.

Linguistics.

Sociology of Culture.

Youth Culture.

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Sociolinguistics.

Sociology of Culture.

Youth Culture.

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 271 p. 14 illus., 6 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

This book adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contributors, who represent a range of international perspectives, analyse how hip-hop is employed to express dissatisfaction and dissent relating to such issues as immigration, racism, stereotypes and post-colonialism. Utilising a range of methodological approaches, they shed light on diverse hip-hop cultures and practices around the world, highlighting issues of relevance in the different countries from which their research originates. Together, the authors expand on current global understandings of hip-hop, language and culture, and underline its immense power as a form of popular culture through which the disenfranchised and oppressed can gain and maintain a voice. This thought-provoking edited collection is a must-read for scholars and students of linguistics, race studies and political activism, and for anyone with an interestin hip-hop.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Linguistic and Lyrical Development of 2Pac in Relation to Regional Hip-Hop Identity and Conflict

Chapter 2: Dimensions of Dissatisfaction and Dissent in Contemporary German Rap: Social Marginalization, Politics, and Identity Formation

Chapter 3: "77% of Aussies are Racist" - Intersections of Politics and Hip-Hop in Australia

Chapter 4: Where is the Love? White Nationalist Discourse on Hip Hop

Chapter 5: "Who's afraid of the Dark?": The Ironic Self-Stereotype of the Ethnic Other in Finnish Rap Music

Chapter 6: How the Financial Crisis Changed Hip Hop

Chapter 7: Dissatisfaction and Dissent in the Transmodal Performances of Hip Hop Artists in Mongolia

Chapter 8: Counter-Hegemonic Linguistic Ideologies and Practices in Brazilian Indigenous Rap

Chapter 9: The Death of Dissent and the Decline of Dissin': A Diachronic Study of Race, Gender, and Genre in Mainstream American Rap.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9783319592442

3319592440