Break and flow : hip hop poetics in the Americas /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 23 June, 2025 - 15:46

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Hankin, Charlie D.,

Source:

University of Virginia Press,, Charlottesville, United States, p.x, 276 pages : (2023)

Call Number:

ML3531

Keywords:

Brazil, Brazil., Cuba, Cuba., fast, Haiti, Haiti., History and criticism., Political aspects, Rap (Music)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [235]-264) and index.Yearning : "Nan lòt dimansyon" -- Raplove : "Es lo que hay" -- Uprooting : "Qué importa si sonamos americano hermano" -- Scale : "Rap é meu lugar" -- Writing : "Enraizados de letra" -- Violence : "Sou fèy blanch" -- Epilogue : En-/un-gendering hip hop."Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and an archive of hundreds of songs by more than sixty hip hop artists, this book examines how rap's political messages are adapted and reinterpreted to reflect the unique situations in Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti"--