Sociolinguistics of hip-hop as critical conscience: dissatisfaction and dissent

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Hip-hop as Critical Conscience: Framing Dissatisfaction and Dissent
Chapter 2. The Linguistic and Lyrical Development of 2Pac in Relation to Regional Hip-hop Identity and Conflict
Chapter 3. Dimensions of Dissatisfaction and Dissent in Contemporary German Rap: Social Marginalization, Politics, and Identity Formation
Chapter 4. “77% of Aussies Are Racist”: Intersections of Politics and Hip-hop in Australia
Chapter 5. Where is the Love? White Nationalist Discourse on Hip-hop
Chapter 6. “Who’s Afraid of the Dark?”: The Ironic Self-Stereotype of the Ethnic Other in Finnish Rap Music
Chapter 7. How the Financial Crisis Changed Hip-hop
Chapter 8. Dissatisfaction and Dissent in the Transmodal Performances of Hip-hop Artists in Mongolia
Chapter 9. Counter-Hegemonic Linguistic Ideologies and Practices in Brazilian Indigenous Rap
Chapter 10. The Death of Dissent and the Decline of Dissin’: A Diachronic Study of Race, Gender, and Genre in Mainstream American Rap

This book adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contributors, who represent a range of international perspectives, analyse how hip-hop is employed to express dissatisfaction and dissent relating to such issues as immigration, racism, stereotypes and post-colonialism. Utilising a range of methodological approaches, they shed light on diverse hip-hop cultures and practices around the world, highlighting issues of relevance in the different countries from which their research originates. Together, the authors expand on current global understandings of hip-hop, language and culture, and underline its immense power as a form of popular culture through which the disenfranchised and oppressed can gain and maintain a voice. This thought-provoking edited collection is a must-read for scholars and students of linguistics, race studies and political activism, and for anyone with an interest in hip-hop.