The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781789202670
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-78920-267-0
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.06.2019
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2019
- Serie: Dance and Performance Studies
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 454 g
- Seiten: 204
- Format (B x H x T): 157 x 235 x 16 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
