Hiphop Literacies

by E. Richardson

Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the lyrics and discourse of Hiphop, explodes myths and stereotypes about Black culture and language and shows how Hiphop language is a global ambassador of the English language and American culture.

Richardson examines African American Hiphop in secondary oral contexts such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415329280
• ISBN13: 9780415329286
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.5"