Christopher, Roy
Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism
- ISBN 13:
- 9781913689285
- author:
- Christopher, Roy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Strange Attractor Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 15.2 centimetres (0.37 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Popular Culture,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Boogie Down Predictions: Exploring the Connections Between Time, Representation, and Identity in Hip-Hop Culture This book offers a unique perspective on hip-hop culture, exploring the intersections of time, representation, and identity. Edited by Roy Christopher, it brings together a diverse range of thinkers, theorists, journalists, writers, emcees, and DJs to examine the temporalities, possible pasts, and further futures of hip-hop. Through a multilayered and interdisciplinary approach, the book delves into the connections between hip-hop and Afrofuturism, providing a window into a hip-hop-infused future. Introduced by Ytasha L. Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, this collection of essays offers a fresh understanding of hip-hop's significance in our world today.
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