Hip-Hop As Philosophical Text and Testimony - Can I Get a Witness?

The author defends the philosophical value of underground hip-hop through illustrating how the culture significantly contributes to debates in multiple academic fields. She also examines the exclusion of hip-hop from discourses on knowledge, racism, genocide, and trauma as a reflection of the neoliberal sensibility that hip-hop exposes and opposes.

List of contents

Introduction: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop
Chapter One: Know What I'm Sayin?
Chapter Two: Can I Get a Witness?
Chapter Three: Claimin I'm a Criminal
Chapter Four: But You Don't Hear Me Tho
Chapter Five: You Feel Me?
Chapter Six: Fuck Tha Police
Conclusion: The Aesthetic Politics of Underground Hip-Hop
Playlist by Chapter
Discography

About the author

Lissa Skitolsky is the 2020-2021 Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at Dalhousie University.

Summary

The author defends the philosophical value of underground hip-hop through illustrating how the culture significantly contributes to debates in multiple academic fields. She also examines the exclusion of hip-hop from discourses on knowledge, racism, genocide and trauma as a reflection of the neoliberal sensibility that hip-hop exposes and opposes.

Product details

• Authors: Lissa Skitolsky
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498566704
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6670-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Philosophy of Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Rap & Hip-Hop, Social & political philosophy, Rap & Hip Hop, Popular Music, Hip hop;Music Studies;Race Studies;Rap music;Trauma theory