The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism and Post-Civil Rights Politics - Rilegato

Clay, Andreana

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ISBN 10: 0814717160 ISBN 13: 9780814717165

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

From youth violence, to the impact of high stakeseducational testing, to editorial hand wringing over the moral failures ofhip-hop culture, young people of color are often portrayed as gang affiliated,“troubled,” and ultimately, dangerous. The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back examineshow youth activism has emerged to address the persistent inequalities thataffect urban youth of color. Andreana Clay provides a detailed account of thestrategies that youth activists use to frame their social justice agendas andorganize in their local communities.

Based on two years of fieldwork with youth affiliated withtwo non-profit organizations in Oakland, California,The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back shows how youth integrate the historyof social movement activism of the 1960s, popular culture strategies likehip-hop and spoken word, as well as their experiences in the contemporary urbanlandscape, to mobilize their peers.  Ultimately, Clay’s comparison of thetwo youth organizations and their participants expands our understandings ofyouth culture, social movements, popular culture, and race and ethnicrelations. 

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Recensione:

"Andreana Clay's insightful study of activism among youth of color masterfully shows the ways that teenagers are politically active in their schools and communities. A profoundly optimistic book, The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back provides a fascinating glimpse of the optimism and resilience of the next generation of leaders who are essential to America's future." --Patricia Hill Collins, author of From Black Power to Hip Hop

L'autore:

Andreana Clay is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0814717160
• ISBN 13: 9780814717165
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 230