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Underground Rap as Religion

Author : Jon Ivan Gill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351391321
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Underground Rap as Religion written by Jon Ivan Gill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underground rap is largely a subversive, grassroots, and revolutionary movement in underground hip-hop, tending to privilege creative freedom as well as progressive and liberating thoughts and actions. This book contends that many practitioners of underground rap have absorbed religious traditions and ideas, and implement, critique, or abandon them in their writings. This in turn creates processural mutations of God that coincide with and speak to the particular context from which they originate. Utilising the work of scholars like Monica Miller and Alfred North Whitehead, Gill uses a secular religious methodology to put forward an aesthetic philosophy of religion for the rap portion of underground hip-hop. Drawing from Whiteheadian process thought, a theopoetic argument is made. Namely, that it is not simply the case that is God the "poet of the world", but rather rap can, in fact, be the poet (creator) of its own form of quasi-religion. This is a unique look at the religious workings and implications of underground rap and hip hop. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Hip-Hop Studies and Process Philosophy and Theology.

Religion and Popular Culture in America, Third Edition

Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520965221
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Popular Culture in America, Third Edition written by Bruce David Forbes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been revised and updated throughout to provide greater religious diversity in its topics and address critical developments in the study of religion and popular culture. Ideal for classroom use, this expanded volume gives increased attention to the implications of digital culture and the increasingly interactive quality of popular culture provides a framework to help students understand and appreciate the work in diverse fields, methods, and perspectives contains an updated introduction, discussion questions, and other instructional tools

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music

Author : Christopher Partridge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350286982
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music written by Christopher Partridge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music provides an updated, state-of-the-art analysis of the most important themes and concepts in the field, combining research in religious studies, theology, critical musicology, cultural analysis, and sociology. It comprises 30 updated essays and six new chapters covering the following areas: · Popular Music, Religion, and Performance · Musicological Perspectives · Popular Music and Religious Syncretism · Atheism and Popular Music · Industrial Music and Noise · K-pop The Handbook continues to provide a guide to methodology, key genres and popular music subcultures, as well as an extensive updated bibliography. It remains the essential tool for anyone with an interest in popular culture generally and religion and popular music in particular.

Religion in Hip Hop

Author : Monica R. Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472507223
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Religion in Hip Hop written by Monica R. Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a global and transnational phenomenon, hip hop culture continues to affect and be affected by the institutional, cultural, religious, social, economic and political landscape of American society and beyond. Over the past two decades, numerous disciplines have taken up hip hop culture for its intellectual weight and contributions to the cultural life and self-understanding of the United States. More recently, the academic study of religion has given hip hop culture closer and more critical attention, yet this conversation is often limited to discussions of hip hop and traditional understandings of religion and a methodological hyper-focus on lyrical and textual analyses. Religion in Hip Hop: Mapping the Terrain provides an important step in advancing and mapping this new field of Religion and Hip Hop Studies. The volume features 14 original contributions representative of this new terrain within three sections representing major thematic issues over the past two decades. The Preface is written by one of the most prolific and founding scholars of this area of study, Michael Eric Dyson, and the inclusion of and collaboration with Bernard 'Bun B' Freeman fosters a perspective internal to Hip Hop and encourages conversation between artists and academics.

Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion

Author : Jon Ivan Gill
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725252783
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion written by Jon Ivan Gill and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the categories of mainstream philosophy of religion, we must ask the question if said categories are adequate to describe the conceptual frameworks of traditions not philosophically dependent on Western theistic understandings, such as religious traditions and philosophies of life emerging from the continent of Africa and appearing in the United States, the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America, and Europe. This book host students from Pomona College and Pitzer College (Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California) who have analyzed the field of philosophy of religion as it stands to determine which of its insights can be applied to Afro-diasporic and Afrofuturist notions of "religion" and which ones cannot. Their reflections in these chapters will ask: how do we define Afro-diasporic religion, what would a robust philosophy of religion of Afro-diasporic and Afrofuturist religions draw from, what categories would/should it contain, how would we construct such a non-Western methodology of philosophy of religion, and what sources would we use to construct such a philosophy of religion? In an attempt to aesthetically experience what Afro-diasporic and Afrofuturist philosophies of religion are/could be, the text will rely heavily on fiction novels, poetry, music, movies, and texts written by Afro-diasporic people from various social locations and perspectives on some African notions of religion, among other centers of reflection.

Representing Islam

Author : Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253053056
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Representing Islam written by Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Muslims who grew up after September 11 balance their love for hip-hop with their devotion to Islam? How do they live the piety and modesty called for by their faith while celebrating an art form defined, in part, by overt sexuality, violence, and profanity? In Representing Islam, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir explores the tension between Islam and the global popularity of hip-hop, including attempts by the hip-hop ummah, or community, to draw from the struggles of African Americans in order to articulate the human rights abuses Muslims face. Nasir explores state management of hip-hop culture and how Muslim hip-hoppers are attempting to "Islamize" the genre's performance and jargon to bring the music more in line with religious requirements, which are perhaps even more fraught for female artists who struggle with who has the right to speak for Muslim women. Nasir also investigates the vibrant underground hip-hop culture that exists online. For fans living in conservative countries, social media offers an opportunity to explore and discuss hip-hop when more traditional avenues have been closed. Representing Islam considers the complex and multifaceted rise of hip-hop on a global stage and, in doing so, asks broader questions about how Islam is represented in this global community.

Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

Author : Stefano Barone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351046098
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia by : Stefano Barone

Download or read book Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia written by Stefano Barone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metal, Rap, and Electro in Tunisia is a trip into the music scenes of Tunisia after the Arab Springs. Based on extensive field research, the book explores the social life of heavy metal, rap, and electronic music in a North African country whose mass revolution of 2010/2011 led the way to a troubled and yet unique democracy. What is it like to be part of a music scene in a place affected by poverty and inequality? How do the many conflicted souls of Tunisian Islam shape local metal, rap, and electro? What are the social and cultural stakes for music in a nation constantly represented as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East? How do music scenes articulate the complex political scenario that followed the Tunisian revolution of 2011? Barone answers these questions by offering new theoretical reflections on youth cultures and popular music in a global perspective, and thus pushing the debate on "post-subcultures" and scenes forward. At the same time, the book offers a dense sociological analysis of youth and music in reality - the Tunisian one - whose society, culture, religion, and politics are at stake in a historical transformation.

Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels

Author : Christina Zanfagna
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520296206
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels written by Christina Zanfagna and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the 1990s, Los Angeles was home to numerous radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several major earthquakes and floods, riots and economic insecurity, police brutality and mass incarceration, some young black Angelenos turned to holy hip hop—a movement merging Christianity and hip hop culture—to “save” themselves and the city. Converting street corners to open-air churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of praise, holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland’s fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats, rhymes, and bibles, they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations, prison ministries, African churches, reggae dancehalls, hip hop clubs, Nation of Islam meetings, and Black Lives Matter marches. Zanfagna’s fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and unique view of black LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences.

God in the Details

Author : Eric Michael Mazur
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415925648
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book God in the Details written by Eric Michael Mazur and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking to explore the blurred boundary between religion and pop culture, God in the Details offers a provocative look at the breadth, diversity, and persistence of religious themes in contemporary American consciousness. Representing a diverse range of disciplines, the contributors criticaly assess the ways in which American popular culture reappropriates traditional religious symbols to serve the purposes of particular communities.

Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning

Author : Christopher M. Driscoll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351010832
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning by : Christopher M. Driscoll

Download or read book Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning written by Christopher M. Driscoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendrick Lamar has established himself at the forefront of contemporary hip-hop culture. Artistically adventurous and socially conscious, he has been unapologetic in using his art form, rap music, to address issues affecting black lives while also exploring subjects fundamental to the human experience, such as religious belief. This book is the first to provide an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the impact of Lamar’s corpus. In doing so, it highlights how Lamar’s music reflects current tensions that are keenly felt when dealing with the subjects of race, religion and politics. Starting with Section 80 and ending with DAMN., this book deals with each of Lamar’s four major projects in turn. A panel of academics, journalists and hip-hop practitioners show how religion, in particular black spiritualties, take a front-and-center role in his work. They also observe that his astute and biting thoughts on race and culture may come from an African American perspective, but many find something familiar in Lamar’s lyrical testimony across great chasms of social and geographical difference. This sophisticated exploration of one of popular culture’s emerging icons reveals a complex and multi faceted engagement with religion, faith, race, art and culture. As such, it will be vital reading for anyone working in religious, African American and hip-hop studies, as well as scholars of music, media and popular culture.

Beyond Christian Hip Hop

Author : Erika D. Gault
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429589654
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Christian Hip Hop written by Erika D. Gault and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians and Christianity have been central to Hip Hop since its inception. This book explores the intersection of Christians and Hip Hop and the multiple outcomes of this intersection. It lays out the ways in which Christians and Hip Hop overlap and diverge. The intersection of Christians and Hip Hop brings together African diasporic cultures, lives, memories and worldviews. Moving beyond the focus on rappers and so-called "Christian Hip Hop," each chapter explores three major themes of the book: identifying Hip Hop, irreconcilable Christianity, and boundaries.There is a self-identified Christian Hip Hop (CHH) community that has received some scholarly attention. At the same time, scholars have analyzed Christianity and Hip Hop without focusing on the self-identified community. This book brings these various conversations together and show, through these three themes, the complexities of the intersection of Christians and Hip Hop. Hip Hop is more than rap music, it is an African diasporic phenomenon. These three themes elucidate the many characteristics of the intersection between Christians and Hip Hop and our reasoning for going beyond "Christian Hip Hop." This collection is a multi-faceted view of how religious belief plays a role in Hip Hoppas' lives and community. It will, therefore, be of great interest to scholars of Religion and Hip Hop, Hip Hop, African Diasporas, Religion and the Arts, Religion and Race and Black Theology as well as Religious Studies more generally.

Hip Hop the last Religion

Author : America King
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557049482
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Hip Hop the last Religion written by America King and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gospel of Hip Hop

Author : KRS-One
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 1576876705
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel of Hip Hop written by KRS-One and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument, the first book from the I Am Hip Hop, is the philosophical masterwork of KRS ONE. Set in the format of the Christian Bible, this 800-plus-page opus is a life-guide manual for members of Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and practical knowledge for a fascinating, in-depth exploration of Hip Hop as a life path. Known as “The Teacha,” KRS ONE developed his unique outlook as a homeless teen in Brooklyn, New York, engaging his philosophy of self-creation to become one of the most respected emcees in Hip Hop history. Respected as Hip Hop’s true steward, KRS ONE painstakingly details the development of the culture and the ways in which we, as “Hiphoppas,” can and should preserve its future. "The Teacha" also discusses the origination of Hip Hop Kulture and relays specific instances in history wherein one can discover the same spirit and ideas that are at the core of Hip Hop’s current manifestation. He explains Hip Hop down to the actual meaning and linguistic history of the words “hip” and “hop,” and describes the ways in which "Hiphoppas" can change their current circumstances to create a future that incorporates Health, Love, Awareness, and Wealth (H-LAW). Committed to fervently promoting self-reliance, dedicated study, peace, unity, and truth, The "Teacha" has drawn both criticism and worship from within and from outside of Hip Hop Kulture. In this beautifully written, inspiring book, KRS ONE shines the light of truth, from his own empirical research over a 14-year period, into the fascinating world of Hip Hop.

New Spirituality, Atheism, and Authenticity in Finnish Underground Rap

Author : Inka Rantakallio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789512978649
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book New Spirituality, Atheism, and Authenticity in Finnish Underground Rap written by Inka Rantakallio and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dissertation, I study the discourses of new spirituality, atheism, and authenticity in Finnish underground rap in the twenty-first century. The study maps the worldviews and audiovisual aesthetics of four Finnish artists, Ameeba, Khid, Julma Henri, and RPK (the latter two forming the duo Euro Crack), while exploring larger issues such as contemporary Western religious trends and the relationship between artists, their audience, and the music industry. The study's data consist of field research (ten interviews, observation at concerts and in social media 2013-2017), and sonic and audiovisual material (recordings, three music videos). Theoretically, the study draws from religious studies theories on Western alternative spirituality and atheism, popular musicology, hip hop studies, and theories on musical authenticity. Methodologically, the study relies on ethnographic data collection, discourse analysis, and close reading. The study indicates that while the four Finnish rappers emphasize the individuality of their worldviews, their views reflect a mixture of ideas and traditions present in contemporary Western religious landscape, including non-dualistic Eastern religions, New Age environmentalism, and scientific atheism. The artists also outline an aesthetic for their music and underground rap more generally as defying rap music, pop music, and music industry norms, as independent music making, and as drawing from alternative electronic genres and deeper philosophical content. The artists construct authenticity by claiming that their music reflects their personal worldviews and aesthetic preferences. Further, the study increases understanding about the interrelationship of rap and postmodern worldviews and advances research on the connections between popular music and religion.

Hip Hop the Last Religion 2 Ella Colors

Author : Kevin Lee America King
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359719902
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Hip Hop the Last Religion 2 Ella Colors written by Kevin Lee America King and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop

Author : Justin A. Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107037468
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop written by Justin A. Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion covers the hip-hop elements, methods of studying hip-hop, and case studies from Nerdcore to Turkish-German and Japanese hip-hop.

Listen to Hip Hop!

Author : Anthony J. Fonseca
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440874883
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis Listen to Hip Hop! by : Anthony J. Fonseca

Download or read book Listen to Hip Hop! written by Anthony J. Fonseca and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of hip-hop music for scholars and fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 defining artists, songs, and albums. Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre explores non-rap hip hop music, and as such it serves as a compliment to Listen to Rap! Exploring a Musical Genre (Greenwood Press, Anthony J. Fonseca, 2019), which discussed at length 50 must-hear rap artists, albums, and songs. This book aims to provide a close listening/reading of a diverse set of songs and lyrics by a variety of artists who represent different styles outside of rap music. Most entries focus on specific songs, carefully analyzing and deconstructing musical elements, discussing their sound, and paying close attention to instrumentation and production values—including sampling, a staple of rap and an element used in some hip hop dance songs. Though some of the artists included may be normally associated with other musical genres and use hip hop elements sparingly, those in this book have achieved iconic status. Finally, sections on the background and history of hip hop, hip hop's impact on popular culture, and the legacy of hip hop provide context through which readers can approach the entries.