The Rhizome of Blackness: A Critical Ethnography of Hip-Hop Culture, Language, Identity, and the Politics of Becoming

by Awad Ibrahim and Ibrahim Awad

Book Overview

The Rhizome of Blackness is a critical ethnographic documentation of the process of how continental African youth are becoming Black in North America. For young Africans, Hip-Hop culture, language, and identity emerge as significant sites of identification; desire; and cultural, linguistic, and identity investment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433126028
• ISBN13: 9781433126024
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"