The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience

Dissatisfaction and Dissent
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-59243-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

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

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivers, Damian J.

Ross, Andrew S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew S. Ross is a lecturer at Southern Cross University, Queensland, Australia. He has published in the area of emotions and motivation in language learning, and language and new media. 
 Damian J. Rivers is an associate professor at Future University Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He has co-edited several books, including Resistance to the Known: Counter-Conduct in Language Education (2015, Palgrave Macmillan).