Languages of global hip hop
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Advances in sociolinguisticsPublication details: London: Continuum, 2012 Description: xii, 351p. PbkISBN: 9781441140265Subject(s): Sociolinguistics | Hip-hop -- Influence | Culture and globalization | Language arts & disciplines -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics | Rap (Music)DDC classification: 78.072 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 linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel and showcases a global scope. It engages with questions of code-switching, code-mixing, the minority language/regional dialect vs. standard dynamic, the discourse of political resistance, immigrant ideologies, youth and new language varieties and will be essential reading for graduates and researchers in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Table of Contents
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
7. From American Form to Greek Performance: The Global Hip-Hop Poetics and Politics of the Imiskoumbria
8. Keeping it Native (?): The Conflicts and Contradictions of Cypriot Hip-Hop
9. Hip-hop, Ethnicity and Linguistic Practice in Rural and Urban Norway
10. From Chi-Town to the Dirty-Dirty: Regional Identity Markers in U.S. Hip Hop
11. Realkeepen: Anglicisms in the German Hip-Hop Community
12. 'She's so hood': Ghetto Authenticity on the White Rapper Show
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 linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel and showcases a global scope. It engages with questions of code-switching, code-mixing, the minority language/regional dialect vs. standard dynamic, the discourse of political resistance, immigrant ideologies, youth and new language varieties and will be essential reading for graduates and researchers in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.
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