The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves
by Halifu Osumare
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2008
List Price: $62.99
Format: Paperback, 219 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780230609617
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Paperback Description:
Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.