| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index. |
| Summary |
Using his own ethnographic research, Alim shows how Hip Hop language could be used in an educational context and presents a new approach to the study of the language and culture of the Hip Hop Nation, 'Hiphopography'. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 "The streetz iz a mutha": The street and the formation of a Hip Hop Linguistics (HHLx) -- chapter 2 Verbal Mujahidin in the Transglobal Hip Hop Umma: Islam, discursive struggle, and the weapons of mass culture -- chapter 3 "Talkin Black in this White Man's World": Linguistic supremacy, linguistic equanimity, and the politics of language -- chapter 4 "Bring it to the cypher": Hip Hop Nation Language -- chapter 5 Spittin the Code of the Streets: The strategic construction of a street-conscious identity -- chapter 6 "Every syllable of mine is an umbilical cord through time": Toward an analytical schema of Hip Hop poetics -- chapter 7 "I'm Pharoahe when I'm on stage; I'm Troy when I'm home in Queens": An interview with Pharoahe Monch. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Languages.
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African Americans -- Languages. |
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English language -- Social aspects -- United States.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Black English -- United States.
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Black English. |
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Hip-hop -- United States.
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Hip-hop. |
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alim, H. Samy. Roc the mic right. New York ; London : Routledge, 2006 0415358779 0415358787 (DLC) 2006003029 (OCoLC)63245511 |
| ISBN |
0203006739 (electronic book) |
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9780203006733 (electronic book) |
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9786610566952 |
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661056695X |
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9780415358781 |
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0415358787 |
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0415358779 (Cloth) |
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0415358787 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415358774 |
| Report No. |
MYILIB_CUp |
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