The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience

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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 interestin hip-hop.
Focuses exclusively on the use of the hip-hop genre as a form of resistance that emerges from the critical conscience of both artists and fans, the first book to do so
Looks at hip-hop music and culture in locations as diverse as Australia, Finland, Mongolia, Brazil, Germany, and the USA

Breaks down the construct of hip-hop in a manner not yet attempted from the perspective of language and linguistics

Focuses exclusively on the use of the hip-hop genre as a form of resistance that emerges from the critical conscience of both artists and fans, the first book to do so Looks at hip-hop music and culture in locations as diverse as Australia, Finland, Mongolia, Brazil, Germany, and the USA Breaks down the construct of hip-hop in a manner not yet attempted from the perspective of language and linguistics

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Andrew S. Ross

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“It is always a pleasure to read not just poetry, but "strong poetry" where the unknown is made known and visible, where language sails into oceans of pleasure and solidarity, where disciplines meet to create a nation of hope in a time of hopelessness, and where Hip-Hop rubs shoulders with language, resistance, and dissent. The Sociolinguistics of Hip-Hop as Critical Conscience: Dissatisfaction and Dissent could not have been more urgent and more needed than in the present moment. WORD!“ (Professor Awad Ibrahim , University of Ottawa, Canada)

 “Exploring how dissatisfaction and dissent are exemplified in various forms of data, the volume shows how hip hop continues to be a politically and socially relevant form of expression around the world and a tool for contemporary youth to express their dissatisfaction with current political and social regimes.” (Associate Professor Cecelia A. Cutler

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