Hip Hop Dance (The American Dance Floor)

Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi

ISBN 10: 0313378452 / ISBN 13: 9780313378454

Published by Greenwood (edition ), 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hip Hop Dance (The American Dance Floor)
• Publisher: Greenwood (edition )
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313378452
• ISBN 13: 9780313378454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This guide provides an overview of the history of hip hop culture and an exploration of its dance style, appropriate both for student research projects and general interest reading.

Rapping. Breakdancing. MCing. DJing. Beatboxing. Graffiti art. These are just some of the most well-known artistic expressions spawned from hip hop culture, which has grown from being an isolated inner-city subculture in the 1970s to being a truly international and mainstream culture that has taken root in countries as diverse as Japan, France, Israel, Poland, Brazil, South Korea, and England.

This insightful book provides not only an overview of hip hop's distinctive dance style and steps, but also a historic overview of hip hop's roots as an urban expression of being left out of the mainstream pop culture, clarifying the social context of hip hop culture before it became a widespread suburban phenomenon. Hip Hop Dance documents all the forms of street music that led to one of the most groundbreaking, expressive, and influential dance styles ever created.

About the Author

Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar is a writer and educator based in Qatar and is the creator of the Qatar Narratives series.

Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, PhD, is the reading and writing development director for Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing in Doha, Qatar.