| Title | Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Author | Monteyne, Kimberley |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi |
| City | Jackson, MS |
| Publication Language | English |
| ISBN or ASIN Number | 1617039225 |
| Keywords | 1980's, Culture, Film, Film Studies, Music, Performance, Performing Arts, Urban Space |
| URL | https://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Film-Performance-Transformation/dp/1617039225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539631206&sr=8-1&keywords=hip+hop+on+film |
| Copies at the Archive | 1 |
Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as Breakin' (1984), Beat Street (1984), and Krush Groove (1985) in order to illuminate Hollywood's fascinating efforts to incorporate this nascent urban culture into conventional narrative forms.
