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Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity

Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity

Hardcover

Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism, Book 5

Biographies GeneralGeneral SongbooksHip Hop

ISBN10: 0521632684
ISBN13: 9780521632683
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 27 2000
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.27
Language: English
This is the first book to discuss in detail how rap music is put together musically. Whereas a great deal of popular music scholarship dismisses music analysis as irrelevant or of limited value, the present book argues that it can be crucial to cultural theory. It is unique for bringing together perspectives from music theory, musicology, cultural studies, critical theory, and communications. It is also the first scholarly book to discuss rap music in Holland, and the rap of Cree Natives in Canada, in addition to such mainstream artists as Ice Cube.

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