The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience : Dissatisfaction and Dissent / Andrew S. Ross, Damian J. Rivers, editors.
2017
P40.5.H55
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Title
The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience : Dissatisfaction and Dissent / Andrew S. Ross, Damian J. Rivers, editors.
ISBN
9783319592442 (electronic book)
3319592440 (electronic book)
9783319592435
3319592432
3319592440 (electronic book)
9783319592435
3319592432
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Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
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P40.5.H55
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.44
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 interest in hip-hop.
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Ross, Andrew S., editor.
Rivers, Damian J.
Rivers, Damian J.
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