EAN: 9783319592435

THE SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF HIP-HOP AS CRITICAL CON...

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 interest in hip-hop.

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