The languages of global hip hop / edited by Marina Terkourafi
Imprint
London : Continuum , c2010
Descript
xii, 351 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Multilingualism, Ethnicity and Genre in Germany's Migrant Hip Hop -- Kiff my zikmu: Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic, English and Verlan in French Rap Texts -- 'We ain't Terrorists but we Droppin' Bombs': Language Use and Localization in Egyptian Hip Hop -- Roma Rap and the Black Train: Minority Voices in Hungarian Hip Hop -- Empowerment through Taboo: Probing the Sociolinguistic Parameters of German Gangsta Rap Lyrics -- Glocalizing Keepin' it Real: South Korean Hip-Hop Playas -- From American Form to Greek Performance: The Global Hip-Hop Poetics and Politics of the Imiskoumbria -- Keeping it Native (?): The Conflicts and Contradictions of Cypriot Hip Hop -- Hip Hop, Ethnicity and Linguistic Practice in Rural and Urban Norway -- From Chi-Town to the Dirty-Dirty: Regional Identity Markets in Us Hip Hop -- RealKeepen Anglicisms int he German Hip-Hop Community -- 'She's so Hood': Ghetto Authenticity on the White Rapper Show