Description
Book SynopsisDraws on years of ethnographic fieldwork and collaboration, as well as an archive of hundreds of songs by more than sixty hip hop artists. Charlie Hankin illuminates how new media is used to produce and distribute knowledge in the Global South, refining our understanding of poetry and popular music at the turn of the millennium.
Trade Review“
Break and Flow is the product of great learning and greater passion. It draws on Hankin’s extensive fieldwork in Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti to showcase the poetic innovation and political impact of rap artists responding to colonial legacies, present-day political circumstances, and their own aesthetic imperatives. Hankin’s book exercises close analysis (by eye and by ear), critical theory, and a keen historical sensibility to produce a work of scholarship that celebrates three underexplored sites of hip-hop artistry.” - Adam Bradley, UCLA, author of
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip HopTable of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Yearning: "Nan lòt dimansyon"
- 2. Raplove: "Es lo que hay"
- 3. Uprooting: "Qué importa si sonamos americano hermano"
- 4. Scale: "Rap é meu lugar"
- 5. Writing: "Enraizados da letra"
- 6. Violence: "Sou fèy blanch"
- Epilogue: En-/un-gendering Hip Hop
