The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop

Power Moves

  • Authors
  • Halifu Osumare
Book

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
    PDF
  2. Introduction
    Halifu Osumare
    Pages 1-19
  3. Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes, and Def Moves
    Halifu Osumare
    Pages 21-60
  4. Beat Streets in the Global Hood
    Halifu Osumare
    Pages 61-104
  5. Props to the Local Boyz
    Halifu Osumare
    Pages 105-148
  6. “It’s All About the Benjamins”
    Halifu Osumare
    Pages 149-180
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 181-219
    PDF

About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

American studies culture postmodernism USA

Bibliographic information