{"product_id":"hip-hop-beats-indigenous-rhymes-modernity-and-hip-hop-in-indigenous-north-america-paperback","title":"Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyle T. Mays\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that Indigenous hip hop is the latest and newest assertion of Indigenous sovereignty throughout Indigenous North America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpressive culture has always been an important part of the social, political, and economic lives of Indigenous people. More recently, Indigenous people have blended expressive cultures with hip hop culture, creating new sounds, aesthetics, movements, and ways of being Indigenous. This book documents recent developments among the Indigenous hip hop generation. Meeting at the nexus of hip hop studies, Indigenous studies, and critical ethnic studies, \u003ci\u003eHip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Indigenous people use hip hop culture to assert their sovereignty and challenge settler colonialism. From rapping about land and water rights from Flint to Standing Rock, to remixing \"traditional\" beading with hip hop aesthetics, Indigenous people are using hip hop to challenge their ongoing dispossession, disrupt racist stereotypes and images of Indigenous people, contest white supremacy and heteropatriarchy, and reconstruct ideas of a progressive masculinity. In addition, this book carefully traces the idea of authenticity; that is, the common notion that, by engaging in a Black culture, Indigenous people are losing their \"traditions.\" Indigenous hip hop artists navigate the muddy waters of the \"politics of authenticity\" by creating art that is not bound by narrow conceptions of what it means to be Indigenous; instead, they flip the notion of \"tradition\" and create alternative visions of what being Indigenous means today, and what that might look like going forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyle T. Mays \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies and the American Indian Center, UCLA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51873620459808,"sku":"9781438469461","price":61.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/voS1rddLHq9781438469461.webp?v=1781721339","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hip-hop-beats-indigenous-rhymes-modernity-and-hip-hop-in-indigenous-north-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}