The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves
Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.
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The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves
Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.
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The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves

The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves

by H. Osumare
The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves

The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves

by H. Osumare

Hardcover(2008)

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Overview

Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403976307
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 06/12/2008
Edition description: 2008
Pages: 219
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

HALIFU OSUMARE is Assistant Professor, African America and African Studies Program, University of California, Davis, USA.

Table of Contents

Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes, and Def Moves: The Africanist Aesthetic Meets the Hip Hop Globe Beat Streets in the Global Hood: Hip Hop's Connective Marginalities Props to the Local Boyz: Hip Hop Culture in Hawaii 'It's All About the Benjamins' Postmodernism and Hip Hop's Appropriation
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