Sharma / Radano / Kun Hip Hop Desis

South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9289-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 366 Seiten

Reihe: Refiguring American Music

An ethnography exploring the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Nitasha Tamar

Radano, Ronald

Kun, Josh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Claiming Space, Making Race 1

1. Alternative Ethnics: Rotten Coconuts and Ethnic Hip Hop 37

2. Making Race: Desi Racial Identities, South Asian and Black Relations, and Racialized Hip Hop 88

3. Flipping the Gender Script: Gender and Sexuality in South Asian and Hip Hop America 138

4. The Appeal of Hip Hop, Ownership, and the Politics of Location 190

5. Sampling South Asians: Dual Flows of Appropriation and the Possibilities of Authenticity 234

Conclusion: Turning Thoughts into Action through the Politics of Identification 283

Notes 301

References 315

Index 335

Über Autor(innen)

Nitasha Tamar Sharma is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University.