It's Bigger Than Hip-hop
The Rise of the Post-hip-hop Generation
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M.K. Asante, Jr., a young firebrand poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the post-hip-hop generation, a new wave of youth searching for an understanding of itself outside the self-destructive, corporate hip-hop monopoly. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting "It's bigger than hip hop."
Contents:
The post-hip-hop generation -- Keepin' it real vs. reel -- What's really hood? : a conversation with the African-American ghetto -- It's bigger than hip hop -- It's bigger than hip hop : time line (1965-1993) -- Old white men (or, who owns hip hop?) -- Beyond Jena : free 'em all -- FTP -- Universal language -- Two sets of notes -- By any medium necessary -- Change clothes (state property) -- Conquering the [division] -- A lesson before dying : a phone interview with hip hop.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
African Americans in popular culture.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Hip-hop -- United States.
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American youth -- Attitudes.
Popular culture -- United States.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
African Americans in popular culture.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Hip-hop -- United States.
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American youth -- Attitudes.
Popular culture -- United States.
ISBN:
9780312373269
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Asa | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Asa | Southeast | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/9/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
Filmography: pages 267-269.
Filmography: pages 267-269.