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24 Bars to Kill : Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan's Social Margins / Andrew B. Armstrong.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dance and Performance Studies ; 14Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789202670
  • 9781789202687
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.4216490952 23/eng
LOC classification:
  • ML3918.R37
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language -- A Hip-Hop Introduction to Other Japans -- Chapter 1. Down in the Ghetto -- Chapter 2. Hypermasculinity and Ghetto/Gangsta Authenticity -- Chapter 3. Represent JP Koreans! Ethnic Identity in Zainichi Hip Hop -- Chapter 4. Rapping for the Nation -- Afterword -- References -- Index
Summary: The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language -- A Hip-Hop Introduction to Other Japans -- Chapter 1. Down in the Ghetto -- Chapter 2. Hypermasculinity and Ghetto/Gangsta Authenticity -- Chapter 3. Represent JP Koreans! Ethnic Identity in Zainichi Hip Hop -- Chapter 4. Rapping for the Nation -- Afterword -- References -- Index

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The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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