{"product_id":"the-rhizome-of-blackness-a-critical-ethnography-of-hip-hop-culture-language-identity-and-the-politics-of-becoming-paperback","title":"The Rhizome of Blackness: A Critical Ethnography of Hip-Hop Culture, Language, Identity, and the Politics of Becoming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRochelle Brock\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eRichard Greggory III Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eAwad Ibrahim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rhizome of Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical ethnographic documentation of the process of how continental African youth are becoming Black in North America. For young Africans, Hip-Hop culture, language, and identity emerge as significant sites of identification; desire; and cultural, linguistic, and identity investment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwad Ibrahim is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. He is a curriculum theorist with special interests in cultural studies; Hip-Hop; youth and Black popular culture; social foundations (i.e., philosophy, history and sociology of education); social justice and community service learning; diasporic and continental African identities; ethnography; and applied linguistics. He has researched and published widely in these areas. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eGlobal Linguistic Flows: Hip-Hop Cultures, Youth Identities and the Politics of Language\u003c\/i\u003e (2009; with Samy Alim and Alastair Pennycook); \u003ci\u003eCritical Youth Studies: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2014; with Shirley Steinberg); \u003ci\u003eProvoking Curriculum Studies: Strong Poetry and the Arts of the Possible\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming; with Nicholas Ng-A-Fook and Giuliano Reis); and \u003ci\u003eThe Education of African Canadian Children: Critical Analyses\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming; with Ali Abdi).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 239\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751283458336,"sku":"9781433126024","price":90.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7d3be9f6b249ee42b95e022365f5945.webp?v=1779969459","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-rhizome-of-blackness-a-critical-ethnography-of-hip-hop-culture-language-identity-and-the-politics-of-becoming-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}