Close to the Edge In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation

Fernandes, Sujatha

ISBN 10: 1844677419 / ISBN 13: 9781844677412

Edité par Verso Books, London, 2011

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Close to the Edge In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation
• Éditeur: Verso Books, London
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1844677419
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781844677412
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition; First Printing.
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

At its rhythmic, beating heart, Close to the Edge asks whether hip hop can change the world. Hip hop--rapping, beat-making, b-boying, deejaying, graffiti--captured the imagination of the teenage Sujatha Fernandes in the 1980s, inspiring her and politicizing her along the way. Years later, armed with mc-ing skills and an urge to immerse herself in global hip hop, she embarks on a journey into street culture around the world. From the south side of Chicago to the barrios of Caracas and Havana and the sprawling periphery of Sydney, she grapples with questions of global voices and local critiques, and the rage that underlies both. An engrossing read and an exhilarating travelogue, this punchy book also asks hard questions about dispossession, racism, poverty and the quest for change through a microphone.

À propos de l?auteur

Sujatha Fernandes is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures; Who Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social Movements in Chávez's Venezuela; and Close to the Edge.