ISBN:
9780226819167
,
9780226819143
Language:
English
Pages:
248 Seiten
,
Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
782.421649
Keywords:
Hip-Hop
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Rap
;
Religion
;
Rap (Music) / Religious aspects
;
Rap (Music) / History and criticism
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Hip-hop / United States / Religious aspects
;
Popular music / Latin America / History and criticism
;
Musique populaire / Amérique latine / Histoire et critique
;
Hip-hop / Religious aspects
;
Popular music
;
Rap (Music)
;
Latin America
;
United States
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Hip-Hop
;
Rap
;
Religion
Abstract:
"The world of hip-hop is saturated with religion, but often this element is glossed over as secondary to hip-hop's other dimensions. In Street Scriptures, Alejandro Nava focuses our attention on this relationship in a fresh way, combining his profound love of hip-hop, his passion for racial and social justice, and his deep theological knowledge. The result is a journey through hip-hop's deep entanglement with the sacred. Street Scriptures examines the reasons behind the rise of a religious heartbeat in hip-hop, looking at the crosscurrents of the sacred and profane in rap, reggaeton, and Latinx hip-hop today. Ranging from Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Lauryn Hill, and Cardi B to St. Augustine and William James, Nava examines the ethical-political, aesthetic-spiritual, and prophetic in hip-hop, probing the pure sonic and aesthetic signatures of music, while also diving deep into the voices that invoke the spirit of protest"--
Description / Table of Contents:
A street theology: between God and hip-hop -- A brief sonic history of hip-hop -- Prophets and emcees: righteous rappers -- The return of God in hip-hop: Kendrick Lamar's street theology -- The dirty Latin South: breaking, reggaeton, and the rise of the global South -- Native tongues
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