Hip-Hop and Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hip-Hop and Philosophy write by Derrick Darby. This book was released on 2011-09-30. Hip-Hop and Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is there too much violence in hip-hop music? What’s the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil' Kim? Is hip-hop culture a "black" thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty, provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues implicit — and often explicit — in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. The book shows that rap classics by Lauryn Hill, OutKast, and the Notorious B.I.G. can help uncover the meanings of love articulated in Plato's Symposium; that Rakim, 2Pac, and Nas can shed light on the conception of God's essence expressed in St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica; and explores the connection between Run-D.M.C., Snoop Dogg, and Hegel. Hip-Hop and Philosophy proves that rhyme and reason, far from being incompatible, can be mixed and mastered to contemplate life's most profound mysteries.
Philosophy and Hip-Hop
Philosophy and Hip-Hop - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy and Hip-Hop write by J. Bailey. This book was released on 2014-06-05. Philosophy and Hip-Hop available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Philosophy and Hip-Hop: Ruminations on Postmodern Cultural Form opens up the philosophical life force that informs the construction of Hip-hop by turning the gaze of the philosopher upon those blind spots that exist within existing scholarship. Traditional Departments of Philosophy will find this book a solid companion in Contemporary Philosophy or Aesthetic Theory. Inside these pages is a project that parallels the themes of existential angst, corporate elitism, social consciousness, male privilege and masculinity. This book illustrates the abundance of philosophical meaning in the textual and graphic elements of Hip-hop, and thus places Hip-hop within the philosophical canon.
Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony
Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony write by Lissa Skitolsky. This book was released on 2020-12-16. Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hip-hop as survivor testimony? Rhymes as critical text? Drawing on her own experiences as a lifelong hip-hop head and philosophy professor, Lissa Skitolsky reveals the existential power of hip-hop to affect our sensibility and understanding of race and anti-black racism. Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony: Can I Get a Witness? examines how the exclusion of hip-hop from academic discourse around knowledge, racism, white supremacy, genocide, white nationalism, and trauma reflects the very neoliberal sensibility that hip-hop exposes and opposes. At this critical moment in history, in the midst of a long overdue global reckoning with systemic anti-black racism, Skitolsky shows how it is more important than ever for white people to realize that our failure to see this system—and take hip-hop seriously—has been essential to its reproduction. In this book, she illustrates the unique power of underground hip-hop to interrupt our neoliberal and post-racial sensibility of current events.
Jay-Z
Jay-Z - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jay-Z write by Julius Bailey. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Jay-Z available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jay-Z is one of America's leading rappers and entrepreneurs, as well known for his music as for his business acumen. This text seeks to situate Jay-Z within his musical, intellectual and cultural context for educational study. Thirteen essays address such topics as Jay-Z's relevance to African-American oral history, socially responsible hip hop and upward mobility in the African-American community. By observing Jay-Z through the lens of cultural studies, this study assists the teacher, student, scholar, and fan in understanding how he became such an historically significant figure. Each essay includes a set of review questions meant to spark discussion in the classroom. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
A Rhyme is a Terrible Thing to Waste
A Rhyme is a Terrible Thing to Waste - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Rhyme is a Terrible Thing to Waste write by Carlton A. Usher. This book was released on 2006. A Rhyme is a Terrible Thing to Waste available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
