Hip Hop Desis: South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness
- Author: Sharma, Nitasha Tamar
This is a powerhouse of a contribution to the study of hip-hop culture. . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty — More…
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Contents
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction: Claiming Space, Making Race 1
- 1. Alternative Ethnics: Rotten Coconuts and Ethnic Hip Hop 37
- 2. Making Race: Desi Racial Identities, South Asian and Black Relations, and Racialized Hip Hop 88
- 3. Flipping the Gender Script: Gender and Sexuality in South Asian and Hip Hop America 138
- 4. The Appeal of Hip Hop, Ownership, and the Politics of Location 190
- 5. Sampling South Asians: Dual Flows of Appropriation and the Possibilities of Authenticity 234
- Conclusion: Turning Thoughts into Action through the Politics of Identification 283
- Notes 301
- References 315
- Index 335