Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities FREE DOWNLOAD
- Hardcover: 190 pages
- Publisher: Lexington Books (December 16, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0739150561
- ISBN-13: 978-0739150566
Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities,
by Christopher Dennis, explores the impact that globalization and the
transnational spread of U.S. popular culture—specifically hip-hop and
rap—are having on the social identities of younger generations of black
Colombians. Along with addressing why and how hip-hop has migrated so
effectively to Colombia’s black communities, Dennis introduces readers
to some of the country’s most renowned Afro-Colombian hip-hop artists,
their musical innovations, and production and distribution practices.
Above all, Dennis demonstrates how, through a mode of transculturation,
today’s young artists are transforming U.S. hip-hop into a more
autonomous art form used for articulating oppositional social and
political critiques, reworking ethnic identities, and actively
contributing to the reimagining of the Colombian nation.
Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop
uncovers ways in which young Afro-Colombian performers are attempting
to use hip-hop and digital media to bring the perspectives, histories,
and expressive forms of their marginalized communities into national and
international public consciousness.
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