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Hip-hop Japan: Rap And the Paths of Cultural Globalization

ISBN: 9780822338925 | 0822338920
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 11/30/2006

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
In this lively ethnography Ian Condry interprets Japan's vibrant hip-hop scene, explaining how a music and culture that originated halfway around the world is appropriated and remade in Tokyo clubs and recording studios. Illuminating different aspects of Japanese hip-hop, Condry chronicles how self-described "yellow B-Boys" express their devotion to "black culture," how they combine the figure of the samurai with American rapping techniques and gangsta imagery, and how underground artists compete with pop icons to define "real" Japanese hip-hop... MORE
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hip-Hop, Japan, and Cultural Globalization
Yellow B-Boys, Black Culture, and the Elvis Effect
Battling Hip-Hop Samurai
Genba Globalization and Locations of Power
Rap Fans and Consumer Culture
Rhyming in Japanese
Women Rappers and the Price of Cutismo
Making Money, Japan-Style
Conclusion: Lessons of Hip-Hop Globalization
Notes
References
Index
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Ian Condry is Associate Professor of Japanese cultural studies in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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