Australian Indigenous Hip Hop : The Politics of Culture, Identity, and Spirituality.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (263 pages)
- Routledge Studies in Hip Hop and Religion Series .
- Routledge Studies in Hip Hop and Religion Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Culture on the Stage of History: The Past Is Present in 'Indigenous Hip Hop' -- 1 "The Black from Down-Unda": Contact Zones and Cultures of Black Resistance -- 2 "2 Black 2 Strong": The Politics of Blackness and Identification -- 3 'Indigenous Hip Hop': The Politics of Identity and Representation -- 4 "Know Our True Identity": Indigenous Articulations of Identity through Kin, Place, and Spirituality -- 5 Hip Hop and Australian Indigenous Youth: New Modes of Political Participation -- Conclusion 'Indigenous Hip Hop': History in the Making -- Index.
This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and place in society. Focusing on the aesthetics, the language, and the performativity of Hip Hop, this book pays attention to the life stance, the philosophy and the spiritual beliefs of Australian Indigenous Hip Hop artists as 'glocal' producers and consumers.