New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone
Title | New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone PDF eBook |
Author | R. Rivera |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2003-02-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1403981671 |
New York Puerto Ricans have been an integral part of hip hop culture since day one: from 1970s pioneers like Rock Steady Crew's Jo-Jo, to recent rap mega-stars Big Punisher (R.I.P.) and Angie Martinez. Yet, Puerto Rican participation and contributions to hip hop have often been downplayed and even completely ignored. And when their presence has been acknowledged, it has frequently been misinterpreted as a defection from Puerto Rican culture and identity, into the African American camp. But nothing could be further from the truth. Through hip hop, Puerto Ricans have simply stretched the boundaries of Puerto Ricanness and latinidad.
New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone
Title | New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone PDF eBook |
Author | Raquel Z. Rivera |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
Break Beats in the Bronx
Title | Break Beats in the Bronx PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2017-08-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1469632764 |
The origin story of hip-hop—one that involves Kool Herc DJing a house party on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx—has become received wisdom. But Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. argues that the full story remains to be told. In vibrant prose, he combines never-before-used archival material with searching questions about the symbolic boundaries that have divided our understanding of the music. In Break Beats in the Bronx, Ewoodzie portrays the creative process that brought about what we now know as hip-hop and shows that the art form was a result of serendipitous events, accidents, calculated successes, and failures that, almost magically, came together. In doing so, he questions the unexamined assumptions about hip-hop's beginnings, including why there are just four traditional elements—DJing, MCing, breaking, and graffiti writing—and not others, why the South Bronx and not any other borough or city is considered the cradle of the form, and which artists besides Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash founded the genre. Ewoodzie answers these and many other questions about hip-hop's beginnings. Unearthing new evidence, he shows what occurred during the crucial but surprisingly underexamined years between 1975 and 1979 and argues that it was during this period that the internal logic and conventions of the scene were formed.
American Sabor
Title | American Sabor PDF eBook |
Author | Marisol Berros-Miranda |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2017-12-19 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0295742631 |
Evoking the pleasures of music as well as food, the word sabor signifies a rich essence that makes our mouths water or makes our bodies want to move. American Sabor traces the substantial musical contributions of Latinas and Latinos in American popular music between World War II and the present in five vibrant centers of Latin@ musical production: New York, Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Francisco, and Miami. From Tito Puente�s mambo dance rhythms to the Spanglish rap of Mellow Man Ace, American Sabor focuses on musical styles that have developed largely in the United States�including jazz, rhythm and blues, rock, punk, hip hop, country, Tejano, and salsa�but also shows the many ways in which Latin@ musicians and styles connect US culture to the culture of the broader Americas. With side-by-side Spanish and English text, authors Marisol Berr�os-Miranda, Shannon Dudley, and Michelle Habell-Pall�n challenge the white and black racial framework that structures most narratives of popular music in the United States. They present the regional histories of Latin@ communities�including Chicanos, Tejanos, and Puerto Ricans�in distinctive detail, and highlight the shared experiences of immigration/migration, racial boundary crossing, contesting gender roles, youth innovation, and articulating an American experience through music. In celebrating the musical contributions of Latinos and Latinas, American Sabor illuminates a cultural legacy that enriches us all.
Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap
Title | Blues, Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, and Rap PDF eBook |
Author | Eddie S. Meadows |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 916 |
Release | 2010-06-10 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1136992561 |
Despite the influence of African American music and study as a worldwide phenomenon, no comprehensive and fully annotated reference tool currently exists that covers the wide range of genres. This much needed bibliography fills an important gap in this research area and will prove an indispensable resource for librarians and scholars studying African American music and culture.
Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics
Title | Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Ulbe Bosma |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2012-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0857453289 |
These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. The phenomenon of postcolonial migration affected not only European nations, but also the United States, Japan and post-Soviet Russia. The political and societal reactions to the unexpected and often unwelcome migrants was significant to postcolonial migrants’ identity politics and how these influenced metropolitan debates about citizenship, national identity and colonial history. The contributors explore the historical background and contemporary significance of these migrations and discuss the ethnic and class composition and the patterns of integration of the migrant population.
Nuyorican Feminist Performance
Title | Nuyorican Feminist Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Herrera |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2020-05-12 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0472126768 |
The Nuyorican Poets Café has for the past forty years provided a space for multicultural artistic expression and a platform for the articulation of Puerto Rican and black cultural politics. The Café’s performances—poetry, music, hip hop, comedy, and drama—have been studied in detail, but until now, little attention has been paid to the voices of its women artists. Through archival research and interview, Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and ’80s performeras and how they challenged the Café’s gender politics. It also looks at recent artists who have built on that foundation with hip hop performances that speak to contemporary audiences. The book spotlights the work of foundational artists such as Sandra María Esteves, Martita Morales, Luz Rodríguez, and Amina Muñoz, before turning to contemporary artists La Bruja, Mariposa, Aya de León, and Nilaja Sun, who infuse their poetry and solo pieces with both Nuyorican and hip hop aesthetics.