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Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop

Jeff Chang c2006 © Hachette Book Group
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  • 9780786722082 (ebook)
  • 9780465009091 (paper)
Subject
  • Hip Hop Studies
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  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction Hip-Hop Arts: Our Expanding Universe (Jeff Chang, page ix)
  • PART ONE ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY (page 3)
    • 1 Dreams of a Final Theory (Harry Allen, page 7)
    • 2 Nommo (Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, page 10)
    • 3 (Yet Another) Letter to a Young Poet (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, page 11)
    • 4 Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance (Jorge "POPMASTER FABEL" Pabon, page 18)
    • 5 The Art of Battling: An Interview with Zulu King Alien Ness (Joe Schloss, page 27)
    • 6 Got Next: A Roundtable on Identity and Aesthetics after Multiculturalism (Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Mark Anthony Neal, and Brian Cross, page 33)
  • PART TWO FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS (page 55)
    • 7 The Pure Movement and the Crooked Line: An Interview with Rennie Harris (Jeff Chang, page 59)
    • 8 Found in Translation: The Emergence of Hip-Hop Theatre (Eisa Davis, page 70)
    • 9 From the Dope Spot to Broadway: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Theatre, Dance, and Performance (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Forbes, Traci Bartlow, and Javier Reyes, page 78)
    • 10 On Lit Hop (Adam Mansbach, page 92)
    • 11 Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography (Bill Adler, page 102)
    • 12 Words and Images: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Design (Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, and Sacha Jenkins, page 117)
    • 13 Between the Studio and the Street: Hip-Hop in the Postmillenial Visual Arts (A Roundtable Curated by Lydia Yee, with Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, and Jackie Salloum, page 133)
    • 14 The City in Public versus Private: Through a Scanner Darkly (Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, page 149)
  • PART THREE THE REAL: IDENITY IN FLUX (page 161)
    • 15 Trapped in between the Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism (Oliver Wang, page 165)
    • 16 L-vis Is a Pioneer; or, Legacy: the VH1 Special (Kevin Coval, page 175)
    • 17 Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles: "Gansta Limpin" and the Art of Dave Funkenklein (Retreaded by Dave Tompkins, page 178)
    • 18 Black Talk and Hot Sex: Why "Street Lit" Is Literature (Danyel Smith, page 188)
    • 19 It's All One (A Conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim'm West, page 198)
    • 20 Homothugdragsterism (Joël Barraquiel Tan, page 209)
    • 21 how I found my inner DJ (robert karimi, page 219)
    • 22 A Brand-New Feminism (A Conversation between Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal, page 233)
  • PART FOUR WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS (page 247)
    • 23 brooklyn (Suheir Hammad, page 249)
    • 24 Falling for Bob Marley (Staceyann Chin, page 252)
    • 25 Inventos Hip-Hop: An Interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi (Jeff Chang, page 255)
    • 26 Cape Flats Alchemy: Hip-Hop Arts in South Africa (Shaheen Ariefdien and Nazli Abrahams, page 262)
    • 27 AfroBlue: Incanting Yoruba Gods in Hip-Hop's Isms (Raquel Cepeda, page 271)
    • 28 Native Tongues: Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement (A Roundtable Curated by Cristina Verán, with Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, and JAAS, page 278)
  • PART FIVE NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS (page 293)
    • 29 Untitled (Walidah Imarisha, page 297)
    • 30 Theatres Crossing the Divide: A Baby Boomer's Defense of Hip-Hop Aesthetics (Roberta Uno, page 300)
    • 31 Put Your Camera Where My Eyes Can See: Hip-Hop Video, Film, and Documentary (A Roundtable Curated by Eric K. Arnold, with Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, and Michael Wanguhu, page 306)
    • 32 Codes and the B-Boy's Stigmata: An Interview with DOZE (Jeff Chang, page 321)
    • 33 Revolution: An Interview with Brett Cook-Dizney (Jeff Chang, page 331)
    • 34 Scarcity and Exploitation: The Myth and Reality of the Struggling Hip-Hop Artist (Rha Goddess, page 340)
    • 35 Toward a Hip-Hop Aesthetic: A Manifesto for the Hip-Hop Arts Movement (Danny Hoch, page 349)
  • Acknowledgments (page 365)
  • Index (page 367)
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