Full Description
This guide provides an overview of the history of hip hop culture and an exploration of its dance style, appropriate both for student research projects and general interest reading.
Rapping. Breakdancing. MCing. DJing. Beatboxing. Graffiti art. These are just some of the most well-known artistic expressions spawned from hip hop culture, which has grown from being an isolated inner-city subculture in the 1970s to being a truly international and mainstream culture that has taken root in countries as diverse as Japan, France, Israel, Poland, Brazil, South Korea, and England.
This insightful book provides not only an overview of hip hop's distinctive dance style and steps, but also a historic overview of hip hop's roots as an urban expression of being left out of the mainstream pop culture, clarifying the social context of hip hop culture before it became a widespread suburban phenomenon. Hip Hop Dance documents all the forms of street music that led to one of the most groundbreaking, expressive, and influential dance styles ever created.
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction: The Birth of the Hip Hop Nation
Decline of the Bronx, Rise of Hip Hop
Chapter 1: The "Breaks" in Break Dancing
The Roots of the Moves
Ethnic Influences
A B-boy's Routine
Battling among Crews
B-Girls in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 2: From Urban to Suburban
Breaking on Television and in Film
Hip Hop Finds a Commercial Groove
Chapter 3: Hip Hop Scandals—Sex, Video, and Violence
Rappers as Gangstas
Race and Rap
East Coast versus West Coast Feuds
Rappers and Video Hoes
Chapter 4: Make Room for the Ladies
Conclusion
Glossary
Discography
Bibliography
Index
