Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York
- Author: Schloss, Joseph G.
The best work ever produced on b-boying. Schloss maps the dance's nuances brilliantly; but it is when he turns his attention to the history and theory of the form that Foundation is at its best.... — More…
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Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Original Essence of the Dance: History, Community, and Classic B-Boy Records
- 3 Getting your Foundcation: Pedagogy
- 4 We Have to Be Exaggerated: Aesthetics
- 5 In The Cypher: B-Boy Spaces
- 6 I Hate B-Boys - That's What I Break: Battling
- 7 From Rocking to B-Boying: History and Mystery
- 8 Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index