It's Bigger Than Hip Hop - The Rise of the Post-hip-hop Generation

Informationen zum Autor M.K. ASANTE, JR. is an award-winning poet, filmmaker and creative writing professor at Morgan State University. He is the author of Like Water Running Off My Back and  Beautiful. And Ugly Too . His films include the internationally acclaimed documentary, 500 Years Later and The Black Candle . Klappentext It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured rap and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M. K. Asante, Jr., a passionate young poet, professor, filmmaker, and activist who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the hip-hop and post-hip-hop generations. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, revolutionary rap lyrics, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting "It's bigger than hip hop." Zusammenfassung Illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world chanting 'It's bigger than hip hop'.

Product details

• Authors: M. K. Asante
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780312593025
• ISBN: 978-0-312-59302-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Unterhaltungsmusik, Popmusik, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rap and Hip Hop, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Ethnic Issues, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop