Description

In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the continental US. Close analysis of the facts reveals a much more complex situation in which market pressures, local (musical) traditions, linguistic and semiotic intelligiblity, as well as each country's particular historico-political past conspire to yield new hybrid expressive genres

This exciting collection looks at linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel and showcases a global scope. The data is analyzed within multiple sociolinguistic and discourse analysis frameworks, including Communities of Practice, performativity and identity construction. It engages with questions of code-switching, code-mixing, the minority language/regional dialect vs. standard dynamic, the discourse of political resistance, immigrant ideologies, youth and new language varieties and will be essential reading for graduates and researchers in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A Fresh Look at Some Old Questions, Marina Terkourafi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

2. Multilingualism, Ethnicity, and Genre: The Case of German Hip-Hop, Jannis Androutsopoulos (King’s College, London, UK)

3. Kiff my zikmu: Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic, English and Verlan in French Rap Texts, Samira Hassa (Manhattan College, USA)

4. ‘We ain’t terrorists but we droppin’ bombs': Language Use and Localization in Egyptian Hip Hop, Angela Williams (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

5. Roma Rap and the Black Train: Minority Voices in Hungarian Hip- Hop, Sarah Simeziane (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

6. Empowerment Through Taboo: Probing the Sociolinguistic Parameters of German Gangsta Rap Lyrics, Mike Putnam & John Littlejohn (Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, & Clemson University, USA)

7. Glocalizing Keepin’ it Real: South Korean Hip Hop Playas, Jamie Shinhee Lee (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

8. From American Form to Greek Performance: The Global Hip-Hop Poetics and Politics of the Imiskoumbria, Frank Hess (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)

9. Keeping it Native (?): The Conflicts and Contradictions of Cypriot Hip-Hop, Evros Stylianou

10. Hip-hop, Ethnicity and Linguistic Practice in Rural and Urban Norway, Endre Brunstad, Unn Røyneland & Toril Opsahl (Oslo University & University of Bergen, Norway)

11. From Chi-Town to the Dirty-Dirty: Regional Identity Markers in U.S. Hip Hop, Jennifer Cramer & Jill Ward (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

12. Realkeepen: Anglicisms in the German Hip-Hop Community, Matt Garley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

13. ‘She’s so hood’: Ghetto Authenticity on the White Rapper Show, Cecelia Cutler (New York University, USA)Glossary of Hip Hop Terms

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Marina Terkourafi is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.