We Still Here : Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel

Mark Campbell

ISBN 10: 0228003504 / ISBN 13: 9780228003502

Published by Mcgill-Queen's University Press Okt 2020, 2020

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Neuware - We Still Here maps the edges of hip-hop culture and makes sense of the rich and diverse ways people create and engage with hip-hop music within Canadian borders. Contributors to the collection explore the power of institutions, mainstream hegemonies, and the processes of historical formation in the evolution of hip-hop culture. Throughout, the volume foregrounds the generative issues of gender, identity, and power, in particular in relation to the Black diaspora and Indigenous cultures. The contributions of artists in the scene are front and centre in this collection, exposing the distinct inner mechanics of Canadian hip hop from a variety of perspectives. By amplifying rarely heard voices within hip-hop culture, We Still Here argues for its power to disrupt national formations and highlights the people and communities who make hip hop happen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Still Here : Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press Okt 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0228003504
• ISBN 13: 9780228003502
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 155H x 28D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 599 grams

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Synopsis

We Still Here maps the edges of hip-hop culture and makes sense of the rich and diverse ways people create and engage with hip-hop music within Canadian borders.

Contributors to the collection explore the power of institutions, mainstream hegemonies, and the processes of historical formation in the evolution of hip-hop culture. Throughout, the volume foregrounds the generative issues of gender, identity, and power, in particular in relation to the Black diaspora and Indigenous cultures. The contributions of artists in the scene are front and centre in this collection, exposing the distinct inner mechanics of Canadian hip hop from a variety of perspectives.

By amplifying rarely heard voices within hip-hop culture, We Still Here argues for its power to disrupt national formations and highlights the people and communities who make hip hop happen.

About the Authors

Charity Marsh, director of the Interactive Media and Performance Labs, is associate professor in Interdisciplinary Studies and Creative Technologies in the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance at the University of Regina.

Mark V. Campbell, DJ and curator, is assistant professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough.