Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index.
Contents
"Stakes is high": toward an anthropology of hip-hop-based education -- "Spaces and places we fly": the texts and contexts of hip-hop lit -- "Real recognize real": negotiating authenticity politics in hip-hop lit -- Wounded healers: forming community through storytelling -- Bringing back sweet (and not so sweet) memories: the cultural politics of memory, hip-hop, and generational identity -- Stakes is high (the remix): towards a hip-hop pedagogy.
Summary
Discusses the importance of identity to students, and examines the potential effects of introducing elements from the hip-hop culture in the classroom, and covers hip-hop text and context, narratives, memory, and more.