The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience: Dissatisfaction and Dissent

Ross, Andrew S.; Rivers, Damian J.

This book adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contributors, who represent a range of international perspectives, analyse how hip-hop is employed to express dissatisfaction and dissent relating to such issues as immigration, racism, stereotypes and post-colonialism. Utilising a range of methodological approaches, they shed light on diverse hip-hop cultures and practices around the world, highlighting issues of relevance in the different countries from which their research originates. Together, the authors expand on current global understandings of hip-hop, language and culture, and underline its immense power as a form of popular culture through which the disenfranchised and oppressed can gain and maintain a voice. This thought-provoking edited collection is a must-read for scholars and students of linguistics, race studies and political activism, and for anyone with an interestin hip-hop.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-06-04

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319865799

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59244-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 271