Full Description
Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives.
In The Healing Power of Hip Hop, Raphael Travis Jr. offers a passionate look into existing tensions aligned with Hip Hop and demonstrates the beneficial quality it can have empowering its audience. His unique perspective takes Hip Hop out of the negative light and shows readers how Hip Hop has benefited the Black community.
Organized to first examine the social and historical framing of Hip Hop culture and Black experiences in the United States, the remainder of the book is dedicated to elaborating on consistent themes of excellence and well-being in Hip Hop, and examining evidence of new ambassadors of Hip Hop culture across professional disciplines. The author uses research-informed language and structures to help the reader fully understand how Hip Hop creates more pathways to health and learning for youth and communities.
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
"For Every Rose"
Introduction
Chapter 1 Unpacking the Culture of Hip Hop
Chapter 2 Racial Identity, Hip Hop Culture, and the Shift to Mainstream Pop Culture
Chapter 3 Hip Hop's History of Healing and Empowerment in High-Risk Environments
Chapter 4 Affirming Identities: Hip Hop Values, Esteem, and Black Experiences
Chapter 5 Context, Surviving, and Thriving: Resilience and Black Experiences
Chapter 6 My Life, My Community: Growth and Black Experiences
Chapter 7 A Change Is Gonna Come: Calls for Better across Black Communities
Chapter 8 From Emotions to Learning and Growth: New Models for Understanding Hip Hop
Chapter 9 Hip Hop and Physical Health: Healthy Environments to Live, Work, and Play
Chapter 10 Hip Hop and Education: Engagement, Equity, and Excellence
Chapter 11 Hip Hop and Out-of-School Time: Creating New Pathways to Growth and Change
Chapter 12 Hip Hop and Mental Health: Emotions, Coping, Identity, and Growth
Chapter 13 The Healing Power of Hip Hop: The Next Forty Years
Notes
Index
About the Author
