Hip-hop within and without the academy

237 Pages·2014·1.68 MB·English

by  Snell

Hip-Hop within and without the
Academy

Hip-Hop within and without the
Academy

Karen Snell and Johan Söderman

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Snell, Karen, 1971- author.
Hip-hop within and without the academy / by Karen Snell and Johan Söderman.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7391-7649-8 (cloth : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-7391-7650-4 (electronic)
1. Rap (Music)--History and criticism. I. Söderman, Johan, author. II. Title.
ML3531.S66 2014
782.421649--dc23
2014018057

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This book is dedicated to hip-hop musicians, hip-hop educators, and hip-hop
activists all over the globe.

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Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Part 1 Ethnographic Hip-Hop Studies
1 Introduction 3
2 Young Hip-Hop Musicians Talk About Their Learning 13
and Creative Strategies
3 Towards a Swedish Professional Hip-Hop Identity 25
4 The Musical Personhood of Three Canadian 41
Turntablists: Implications for Transformative
Collaborative Practice in Music Education
5 First Nations Hip-Hop Artists’ Identity and Voice 59

Part 2 Academization of Hip-Hop
6 Introduction to Part 2 77
7 The Formation of a Scientific Field: Hip-Hop 85
Academicus
8 What is at Stake? How Hip-Hop is Legitimized 99
and Discussed Within University
9 Turntablism: A Vehicle for Connecting Community 111
and School Music Making and Learning

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Part 3 Educational and Artistic Implications of Hip-Hop
10 Introduction to Part 3 125
11 Jean Grae and Toni Blackman: An Educational and 135
Aesthetical Conversation with Two Female Emcees
12 Folkbildning through Hip-Hop: A Presentation of 153
Two Rappers and One Swedish Hip-Hop Organization
13 How Critical Pedagogy and Democratic Theory can 165
Inform Teaching Music, and Especially, Teaching
Hip-Hop
14 The Informal Learning Practices of Hip-Hop 177
Musicians
15 Outroduction: Implications for Education and Music 197
Education

Glossary of Terms 209
Bibliography 211
Index 221
About the Authors 227
Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the help, guidance, and inspiration of: Randall
Allsup, Joe Schloss, Kyra Gaunt, Martha Diaz, Marcella Runell Hall, Kip Kline,
Emery Petchauer, Paul Woodford, Patrick Jones, Chris Azzara, Mark
Pemberton, and Brad Porfilio.

We would also like to thank all of the musicians, educators, and scholars we
interviewed for this book who all gave so generously of their time and ideas.

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