Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification

By Anthony Kwame Harrison

Race & authenticity in America is explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop scene. Harrison shows how how various ethnic groups engage hip hop in divergent ways, as a means to both claim subcultural legitimacy & establish their racial authenticity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439900612
• ISBN13: 9781439900611
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"