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Desi Rap
Posted on June 29, 2009 - 3:01pm — Warrick Moses
| Title: | Desi Rap: South Asian Americans in Hip Hop |
| Author: | Nair, Ajay |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Copyright: | 2008 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 739127217 |
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| Abstract/Synopsis: | Desi Rap explores the connection between South Asian Americans and hip-hop as both a sociopolitical/cultural movement and performative identity. This groundbreaking collection of essays is the first book of its kind to interrogate ideas about ownership of culture while asserting the distinctness of South Asian American identity that has come through the use of and influence by hip-hop as a cultural art form. |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 198 |
