| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In the beginning there was rhythm: slavery, minstrelsy and the blues -- The O.G.'s: Emerson, Thoreau, Melville and Whitman -- My black/white roots: Jazz, the Lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance -- Would a hipster hit a lady? Pulp Fiction, Film Noir and Gangsta Rap -- The golden age of Hip, Part 1: Bebop, cool jazz and the cold war -- The golden age of hip, part 2: The beats -- The tricksters: signifying monkeys and other hip engines of progress -- Hip has three fingers: the miseducation of Bugs Bunny -- The world is a ghetto: Blacks, Jews, and Blues -- Criminally hip: Outlaws, gangsters, players, hustlers -- Where the ladies at? Rebel girls, riot grrrls and the revenge on the mother -- Behind the music: the drug connection -- "It's like punk rock, but a car": Hip sells out -- Do geeks dream of HTML sheep? A digressive journey through digital hip -- Everybody's hip: superficial reflections on the white caucasian. |
| Subject |
Popular culture.
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Subculture.
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Culture.
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| ISBN |
0060528176: $26.95 |
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