Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

by Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith (Editor), Anthony J. Fonseca (Editor)

Overview

This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity.

Hip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. Hip Hop around the World includes more than 450 entries on global hip hop culture as it includes music, art, fashion, dance, social and cultural movements, organizations, and styles of hip hop. Virtually every country is represented in the text.

Most of the entries focus on music styles and notable musicians and are unique in that they discuss the sound of various hip hop styles and musical artists' lyrical content, vocal delivery, vocal ranges, and more. Many additional entries deal with dance styles, such as breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, popping/locking, clowning, and krumping, and cultural movements, such as black nationalism, Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation, and Universal Zulu Nation. Country entries take into account politics, history, language, authenticity, and personal and community identification. Special care is taken to draw relationships between people and entities such as mentor-apprentice, producer-musician, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798216096184
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	968
File size:	59 MB
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Age Range:	7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith is visiting lecturer/associate professor in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University, where she teaches World Music and Music Appreciation.

Anthony J. Fonseca is library director and associate professor at Elms College, where he teaches First Year Seminar and Rock Music and Literature.
Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith is a musicologist, an Adjunct Faculty member of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts of Springfield College, USA, and a Visiting Associate Professor/Lecturer in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University, USA. She is the author of Listen to Classic Rock! (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-author with Anthony J. Fonseca of Listen to Hip Hop! (Bloomsbury, 2021), both in the Exploring Musical Genres series.
Anthony J. Fonseca, PhD, is library director and college archivist at Elms College in Massachusetts, where he also teaches courses in rock music and music literature as an adjunct.

Table of Contents

List of Entries
Guide to Related Topics
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Entries 1
Appendix 1. Frequently Mentioned Hip Hop Artists
Appendix 2. The 100 Most Influential Global Hip Hop Record Labels
Appendix 3. Editor-Recommended Top Hip Hop Music Videos Worldwide
Appendix 4. Hip Hop Films and Documentaries
Appendix 5. Countries with Severely Restricted Underground Activity
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index