The languages of global hip hop / edited by Marina Terkourafi.

Contributor(s):

Terkourafi, Marina [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Advances in sociolinguisticsPublisher: London : Continuum, [2010]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781441116390
1441116397
9786612710070
6612710071

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Languages of global hip-hop.DDC classification:

306.44 23

LOC classification:

P40.5.H56 L36 2010

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Contents:

Notes on Contributors; Introduction: A Fresh Look at Some Old Questions; 1. Multilingualism, Ethnicity and Genre in Germany's Migrant Hip Hop; 2. Kiff my zikmu: Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic, English and Verlan in French Rap Texts; 3. 'We ain't Terrorists but we Droppin' Bombs': Language Use and Localization in Egyptian Hip Hop; 4. Roma Rap and the Black Train: Minority Voices in Hungarian Hip Hop; 5. Empowerment through Taboo: Probing the Sociolinguistic Parameters of German Gangsta Rap Lyrics; 6. Glocalizing Keepin' it Real: South Korean Hip-Hop Playas.

Summary: In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the continental US. Close analysis of the facts reveals a much more complex situation in which market pressures, local (musical) traditions, linguistic and semiotic intelligibility, as well as each country's particular historico-political past conspire to yield new hybrid expressive genres. This exciting collection looks at lingu ...

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In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the continental US. Close analysis of the facts reveals a much more complex situation in which market pressures, local (musical) traditions, linguistic and semiotic intelligibility, as well as each country's particular historico-political past conspire to yield new hybrid expressive genres. This exciting collection looks at lingu ...