It's bigger than hip-hop : the rise of the post-hip-hop generation / M.K. Asante, Jr.
"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 hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M. K. Asante, Jr., a young firebrand poet, professor...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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 hip hop and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M. K. Asante, Jr., a young firebrand 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 post-hip-hop generation, a new wave of youth searching for an understanding of itself outside the self-destructive, corporate hip-hop monopoly. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, 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.""--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index. Filmography: p. 267-269. |
| ISBN: | 0312373260 9780312373269 |