Transcultural Voices - Narrating Hip Hop Culture in Complex Delhi

This book presents the narratives and voices of young, mostly male practitioners of hip hop culture in Delhi, India. Through a combination of linguistic ethnography, sociolinguistics and discourse studies, the book addresses issues including gender and sexuality, identity construction and global culture.

About the author

Jaspal Naveel Singh is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language at the Open University in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on the complex interconnections between culture and language, taking inspiration from classic western and eastern philosophy, southern theory, hip hop and Black diasporic traditions. Jaspal’s first monograph Transcultural Voices (2022) traces voice and narrative in the emerging hip hop community in Delhi, India. He has worked and lived in Hong Kong, Wales, India and Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Jaspal Naveel Singh
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781788928137
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-813-7
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 456 g
• Series: Encounters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Globalization, Rap and Hip Hop, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Social groups, Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social groups, communities and identities