This edited volume presents an overview of the emergence and development of hip-hop culture in France, French Caribbean, Canada, and Francophone Africa from its origins until today. Contributors discuss the artists’ interactions with media arts, social media, literature, race, political landscapes, as well as hip-hop based education.
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This edited volume presents an overview of the emergence and development of hip-hop culture in France, French Caribbean, Canada, and Francophone Africa from its origins until today. Contributors discuss the artists’ interactions with media arts, social media, literature, race, political landscapes, as well as hip-hop based education.
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ForewordMarcyliena MorganAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAlain-Philippe Durand1. Forty Years of French Rap: Identities in CrescendoKarim HammouTranslated from the French by Katie Angus2. Hip Hop Music and Rap in Cities in Crisis: The Case of MarseilleJean-Marie JaconoTranslated from the French by André Pettman3. “Fear of a Black Planet”: The Transnational Racial Politics of Hip-Hop in France, 1990-1991Samir Meghelli4. Ghetto Patrimony: Rap and Racialization in FrancePaul A. Silverstein5. Rap Music in Guadeloupe, an Overseas French Department in the Caribbean: 1980s to the Early 2000sSteve GadetTranslated from the French by Richard J. Gray II6. French Rapper-Writers and Activism: Global Black Solidarity and (In)visibility Stève Puig7. New Media, New Voices: Booba’s and Sofiane’s Use of Social Networks to Promote Aspiring RappersKathryn Kleppinger8. Hip-Hop Based Education (HHBE) in Paris and Its SuburbsCharles Norton9. The Body Politic of Hip Hop Dance: What Hip Hop Dance’s Relation with French Society and Institutions Tells Us About the Place of Popular Art and its Political StakesHugues Bazin Translated from the French by André Pettman10. “Beats Working”: Performance Economics in The Roots (2013) and Divines (2016)Felicia McCarren11. Illegal Mural Expressions: Graffiti as an Act of Resistance? Alain MilonTranslated from the French by Sarah Glasco and Matthew Kemp12. Of Melody, Markets, and Mobilization: A History of Hip Hop in Dakar, SenegalCatherine M. Appert13. Rap Music in Quebec: An Essentially Hybrid GenreMaxime DelcourtTranslated from the French by Patricia Frederick14. Alaclair Ensemble’s “Postrigodon”: An Inclusive Rewriting of “Lower-Canada’s” History Applied to Hip-HopAriane Gruet-PelchatTranslated from the French by Matthew Kemp
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ISBN
9781538116326
Publisert
2020-09-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield
Vekt
576 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
260

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Biographical note

Alain-Philippe Durand is Dean of the College of Humanities, Professor of French, Honors College Distinguished Fellow, and affiliated faculty in Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, LGBT Studies, and Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of Black, Blanc, Beur. Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World (Scarecrow Press, 2002). He is Associate Editor of the journal Contemporary French Civilization. In 2013, he launched the Minor in Hip-Hop Studies at the University of Arizona.