Sessions from the big smoke: Rap, race and *class in London.
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Title
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Sessions from the big smoke: Rap, race and *class in London.
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Identifier
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AAI3024775
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identifier
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3024775
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Creator
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Codrington, Raymond George.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Leith Mullings
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Date
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2001
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Anthropology, Cultural | Music
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Abstract
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This dissertation addresses the way that race and class are incorporated in the practice of rap music in London among primarily black and other groups of working class people. The dissertation seeks to look at how issues of race and class are treated within London's multicultural context. The work pays close attention to changes in the racial and class composition of the rap community since its inception in London during the mid 1980's and throughout its subsequent development. Popular accounts state that rap in London has moved from a cultural form primarily practiced by people of African descent in the 1980's to one that is currently practiced not only by this group but also by other working and middle class populations.;This research examines the practice of rap as it relates to larger issues of race and class. The results of the research address debates in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies concerning the practice of popular culture and its relation to race and class as they are linked to issues of power and choice. The thesis advances an examination of the practice of rap as an opportunity to examine the way that race and class impact cultural interaction within multicultural settings. Essentially, I ask how members of the rap community negotiate the construction of racial and cultural difference.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
