{"product_id":"fight-the-power-9781433190131","title":"Fight the Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism, \u003c\/em\u003eco-edited by provocative and Fiercely intelligent Hip Hop heads Arash Daneshzadeh, Anthony J. Nocella II, Chandra Ward, and Ahmad Washington, is a fresh thought-provoking book that engages in social justice, Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, youth culture, and current affairs. This must-read is a timely and powerfully engaging collection of interviews by outstanding, brilliant BIPOC Hip Hop activists from around the United States. Their stories are a poignant testimony for what is happening in the streets against racism, classism, police brutality, prisons, hate groups, and white supremacy. This dope-ass book that screams loud FTP is perfect for any reader at any age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beyond the beat and lyric, \u003ci\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism\u003c\/i\u003e boldly shows the kinetic and active forces in Hip Hop that are pushing back on oppressive systems. For the young kids of today, or the aging beatheads, the collection of voices in \u003ci\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism\u003c\/i\u003e inspire and educate its audience in creative and empowering ways to utilize their subcultural knowledge to fight back.” —Scott Robertson, Singer, Girlband\u003cbr\u003e“This book is timely, provocative, and insightful as it explores and unravels the relations between hip hop and social change. It should be of interest to both hip hop heads and hardcore activists, as well as a general inquisitive public. Definitely worth the read!” —Jason Del Gandio, Co-editor, \u003ci\u003eSpontaneous Combustion: The Eros Effect and Global Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emerging from intersectional activism inspired and informed by the radical teachings of Hip Hop, this anthology offers first-hand accounts of how Hip Hop culture speaks truth to power taking action to address and eliminate oppression. Extremely timely, \u003ci\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read for anyone interested in how diverse scholar-artist activists are taking action in their communities.” —Johnny Lupinacci, Associate Professor, Washington State University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism\u003c\/i\u003e is active resistance, the connecting of souls and communities through shared experiences of invisibility, silencing and hate. \u003ci\u003eFight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism\u003c\/i\u003e allows us to reconnect with our corporal knowledge and those of our ancestors that encountered the same oppression and marginalization for generations. Hip Hop brings us ‘home’.” —Chelsie Acosta, National Coordinator, National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth\u003cbr\u003e“A needed book fighting against the violence of white supremacy.” —\u003ci\u003ePeace Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book has powerful liberating agency with a genuine Freirean Pedagogy for marginalized groups who use hip-hop culture to build critical consciousness and activism. It definitely provides a platform and a \u003ci\u003evoice to the voiceless\u003c\/i\u003e, by promoting emancipating pop culture narratives\/storytelling that counter narrow-minded views of the world by means of offering social, racial, and economic insights to justice, that forces mainstream society to see the invisible\/disenfranchised.” —Cesar A. Rossatto, Professor, University of Texas, El Paso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon C. Sawyer III: Foreword – Clifton G. Sanders and Nathaniel “N8” Sanders: Preface  Acknowledgements – Arash Daneshzadeh, Anthony J. Nocella II, Chandra Ward, and Ahmad Washington: Introduction: The Emergence of the 11th Element of Hip Hop – Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter One: Interview with Lauren Leigh Kelly – Arash Daneshzadeh: Chapter Two: Interview with Eli Jacobs- Fantauzzi – Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter Three: Interview with “Mic” Crenshaw – Anthony J. Nocella II: Chapter Four: Interview with Reies Romero – Chandra Ward: Chapter Five: Interview with Katrina Benally – Ahmad Washington: Chapter Six: Interview with Selinda Guerrero – Ahmad Washington: Chapter Seven: Interview with Antonio Quintana – Ahmad Washington: Chapter Eight: Interview with Jared A. Ball – David Michael: Afterword – Contributors – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039689605463,"sku":"9781433190131","price":26.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433190131.jpg?v=1750944492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fight-the-power-9781433190131","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}