| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 313 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : the state of hip hop in the age of Obama / Erik Nielson and Travis L. Gosa -- Move the crowd : hip hop politics in the United States and abroad. Message from the grassroots : hip hop activism, millennials, and the race for the White House / Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar ; It's bigger than Barack : hip hop political organizing, 2004-2013 / Bakari Kitwana and Elizabeth Mâendez Berry ; "There are no saviors" : an interview with Keven Powell / Travis L. Gosa and Erik Nielson ; "Obama nation" : hip hop and global protest / Sujantha Fernandes ; "Record! I am Arab" : paranoid Arab boys, global ciphers, and hip hip nationalism / Torie Rose DeGhett -- Change we can believe in? : the contested discourse of Obama and hip hop. Obama, hip hop, African American history, and "historical revivalism" / Pero Gaglo Dagbovie ; "Change that wouldn't fill a homeless man's cup up" : Filipino American political hip hop and community organizing in the age of Obama / Anthony Kwame Harrison ; Obama/time : the President in the hip hop nation / Murray Forman ; One day it will all make sense : Obama, politics, and common sense / Charlie Braxton ; "New slaves" : the soul of hip hop sold to da massah in the age of Obama / Raphael Heaggans -- Represent : gender and language in the Obama era. You tube, bad bitches, and an M.I.C. (Mom-in-Chief) : on the digital seduction of black girls in participatory hip-hop spaces / Kyra D. Gaunt ; A performative account of black girlhood / Ruth Nicole Brown ; The King's English : Obama, Jay Z, and the science of code switching / Michael P. Jeffries ; My President is black : speech act theory and presidential allusions in the lyrics of rap music / James Peterson and Cynthia Estremera -- Afterword : when will black lives matter? : neoliberalism, democracy, and the queering of American activism in the post-Obama era / Cathy J. Cohen |
| Summary |
Offers a comprehensive, scholarly analysis of the relationship between hip hop and politics in the era of Obama. Featuing contributions from distinguished scholars, award-winning journalists, and public intellectuals, this hip hop anthology is the first to center on contemporary politics, activism, and social change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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Obama, Barack |
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Rap (Music) -- History and criticism
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Hip-hop -- Political aspects
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Hip-hop -- Social aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Rap (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gosa, Travis L., 1979- editor.
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Nielson, Erik, 1976- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199341832 |
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0199341834 |
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9780199355662 |
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0199355665 |
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