Essays about: "hip-hop studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words hip-hop studies.

1. 1. From the Margins to the Center : Hip Hop and Rap as Infrastructure for the Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Senta Terner; [2022]
   Keywords : Hip hop; Rap; Black Americans; Racism; Postcolonial Studies; Popular Culture;

   Abstract : This thesis examines whether hip hop, and rap in particular, was an infrastructure for the lower-class of Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s to transport their concerns, knowledge, and protest from the margins to the center. It first demonstrates what issues Black Americans from the ghetto have raised in terms of content in the first place. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Hip-Hop in the Sufi Community of Taalibe Bay : Interpretative analysis of the Sufi symbolism and meaning behind two music videos

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Elisabeth Perra; [2022]
   Keywords : Sufism; Islam; Hip-Hop; Women; rapper; Senegal; Ibrahim Niasse; Taalibe Bay; Africa; Videos;

   Abstract : Senegal is a country in West Africa that is 95% Muslim and where Islam is deeply linked to hip-hop music. According to existing academic research, the emerging rappers in the artistic and cultural scene in Dakar are men and belong to the Sufi Taalibe Bay brotherhood, whose founder Ibrahim Niasse (1900-1975) is considered the spiritual leader of the rappers. READ MORE

4. 3. Global Dichotomies on a Local Scale: A Grounded Theory Approach to Turkish Hip-Hop Culture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Mert Gürbüz; [2021]
   Keywords : grounded theory; hip-hop music; subcultures; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The concepts of ‘Old School’ and ‘New School’, peculiar to hip-hop's lexicon, have long been framed by theories of subculture heavily drawing on a binary scale of authenticity and inauthenticity. This dichotomy is widely used to characterize a discursive conflict between the authentic aspects of hip-hop music and its excessively commercialized versions undermining hip-hop’s counter-hegemonic potential. READ MORE

5. 4. The Strengths of Street Knowledge

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Boas Hallgrimsson; Mollee Bekele; [2019]
   Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Hip Hop; Schumpeter; Urban;

   Abstract : In the late 1970s the culture of hip hop emerged from the streets of New York. It was an outlet for identity, expression and boasting among communities of young people who were raised in disadvantaged circumstances. Hip hop allowed for creative innovators to form a niche within the entertainment industry that has generated billions of dollars. READ MORE

6. 5. Different in Hiphop : A Study on Childish Gambino Identity Creation

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande

   Author : Tim Junkers; Adal Langari; [2017]
   Keywords : Childish Gambino; Musicvideo; Hiphop; Identity; Childish Gambino; Musikvideo; Hiphop; Identitet;

   Abstract : The essay is based on Toby S. Jenkin's (2011) previous research on creating identity within the hiphop culture. By linking to the theories Identity (Hammrén & Johansson, 2009) and Representation (Hall, 2013) as well as using the analytical methods for text and visual form, Childish Gambinos identity has been analyzed. READ MORE