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Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation

By Sujatha Fernandes

Book information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2011
ISBN
1844677419, 9781844677412
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4000973 bytes)
Pages
208\0
Time added
2013-11-06 10:40:08

Description

At its rhythmic, beating heart, Close to the Edge asks whether hip hop can change the world. Hip hop—rapping, beat-making,b-boying, deejaying, graffiti—captured the imagination of the teenage Sujatha Fernandes in the 1980s, inspiring her and politicizing her along the way. Years later, armed with mc-ing skills and an urge to immerse herself in global hip hop, she embarks on a journey into street culture around the world. From the south side of Chicago to the barrios of Caracas and Havana and the sprawling periphery of Sydney, she grapples with questions of global voices and local critiques, and the rage that underlies both. An engrossing read and an exhilarating travelogue, this punchy book also asks hard questions about dispossession, racism, poverty and the quest for change through a microphone.

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