Desi Rap
Hip HOP and South Asian America
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. October 2008
202 pages
978-0-7391-3136-7 (ISBN)
Description
Desi Rap is a collection of essays from South Asian American activists, academics, and hip-hop artists that explores four main ideas: hip-hop as a means of expression of racial identity, class status, gender, sexuality, racism, and culture, the appropriation of Black racial identity by South Asian American consumers of hip-hop, the furthering of the discourse on race and ethnic identity in the United States through hip-hop, and the exploration of South Asian Americans' use of hip-hop as a form of social protest. Ultimately, this volume is about broadening our horizons through hip-hop and embracing the South Asian American community's polycultural legacy and future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-3136-7 (9780739131367)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Persons
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I
- Ch01. My Hip-Hop Life
- Ch02. Polyvalent Voices: Ethnicand Racialized Desi Hip-Hop
- Ch03. Hip-Hop Agitprop
- Ch04. B-Boys and Bass Girls: Sex, Style, andMobility in Indian American Youth Culture
- Ch05. How Hip-Hop Helped anIndian Girl Find Her Way Home
- Ch06. Making Brown like Dat:South Asians and Hip-Hop
- Ch07. Outcaste
- PART II
- Ch08. Spoken Word
- Ch09. The Disjointed Artist
- Ch10. Beats, Rhythm, Life
- Ch11. Sounds from a Town I Love
- Ch12. Words from the Battlefront
- Ch13. An Ear to the Streetsand a Vibe in the Basement
- Afterword
- Index
- About the Contributors
