Description
Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, popular culture the world over has frequently looked to the ’hood for inspiration, whether in music, film, or television. Habitus of the Hood explores the myriad ways in which the hood has been conceived—both within the lived experiences of its residents and in the many mediated representations found in popular culture. Using a variety of methodologies including autoethnography, textual studies, and critical discourse analysis, contributors analyze and connect these various conceptions.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction – Chris Richardson and Hans A. Skott-Myhre
PART I: THE HOOD AS LIVED PRACTICE –
Chris Richardson and Hans A. Skott-Myhre Chapter 2: Resistance to the Present: Dead Prez – Hans A. Skott-Myhre Chapter 3: Sì Siamo Italiani!: Ethnocultural Identity, Class Consciousness, and Anarchic Sensibilities in an Italian-Canadian Working-Class Enclave – Stephen L. Muzzatti Chapter 4: Precarious Life: On Dwelling, Mobility, and Artistic Intervention – Erin Morton and Sarah E.K. Smith Chapter 5: Living “The Strip”: Negotiating Neighborhood, Community, and Identity on Australia’s Gold Coast – Sarah Baker, Andy Bennett, and Patricia Wise Chapter 6: Habitus and Rethinking the Discourse of Youth Gangs, Crime, Violence, and Ghetto Communities – Tamari Kitossa Chapter 7: Activist Literacy in the Hood: Lessons for Youth and Urban Education – Pamela Hollander and Justin Hollander Chapter 8: The Girls from Compton Go to College – Donna J. Nicol and Jennifer A. Yee
PART II: REPRESENTING THE HOOD IN MUSIC, FILM, AND ART – Chris Richardson and Hans A. Skott-Myhre Chapter 9: Making “Changes”: 2Pac, Nas, and the Habitus of the Hood – Chris Richardson Chapter 10: The Mobile Hood: Realness and the Rules of the Game – Thomas R. Britt Chapter 11: Hip Hop’s Cultural Relevancy in the Hood: Examining the “Subversive” in Urban School Curricula – Katie Sciurba Chapter 12: The Hood is Where the Heart is: Melodrama, Habitus, and the Hood Film – Andrew de Waard Chapter 13: Do Not Believe the Hype: The Death and Resurrection of Public Housing in the American Visual Imagination – Nicola Mann Chapter 14: From the Bronx to Berlin: Hip-Hop Gra!ti and Spatial Reconfigurations of the Hood – David Drissel
