Poetic Resurrection - The Bronx in American Popular Culture

While many Americans dismissed the borough of The Bronx in the late 1970s through the belief that »The Bronx is burning,« this study challenges that assumption. As the first explicit study on The Bronx in American popular culture, this book shows how a wide variety of cultural representations engaged in a complex dialogue on its past, present, and future. Sina A. Nitzsche argues that popular culture ushered in the poetic resurrection of The Bronx, an artistic and imaginative rebirth, that preceded, promoted, and facilitated the spatial revival of the borough.

Info autore

Sina A. Nitzsche is the founder of the European Hiphop Studies Network and holds a PhD from the TU Dortmund. Her research interests include hip-hop, popular culture, urban, and media studies. She has also become one of the most renowned commenters on hip-hop culture in German media.

Riassunto

While many Americans dismissed the borough of The Bronx in the late 1970s through the belief that »The Bronx is burning,« this study challenges that assumption. As the first explicit study on The Bronx in American popular culture, this book shows how a wide variety of cultural representations engaged in a complex dialogue on its past, present, and future. Sina A. Nitzsche argues that popular culture ushered in the poetic resurrection of The Bronx, an artistic and imaginative rebirth, that preceded, promoted, and facilitated the spatial revival of the borough.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sina Nitzsche, Sina A Nitzsche, Sina A. Nitzsche
• Editore: Transcript
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2020
• EAN: 9783837653113
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5311-3
• Pagine: 220
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 16 mm x 226 mm
• Peso: 348 g
• Illustrazioni: 5 SW-Abb., 2 Farbabb.
• Serie: Cultural Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze umane, tematiche generali; Film, Musik, Hip-Hop, Populäre Kultur, Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk, New York City, Englische Literatur Amerikas, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Ethnic Studies, Literature, Culture, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, American Studies, Social interaction, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Communities, The Bronx, auseinandersetzen, Urban & municipal planning, History of the Americas, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Groups of people, Public performances, History of North America, American literature in English