Posthuman Rap

by Justin Adams Burton

Posthuman Rap listens for the ways contemporary rap maps an existence outside the traditional boundaries of what it means to be human. Contemporary humanity is shaped in neoliberal terms, where being human means being viable in a capitalist marketplace that favors whiteness, masculinity, heterosexuality, and fixed gender identities. But musicians from Nicki Minaj to Future to Rae Sremmurd deploy queerness and sonic blackness as they imagine different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190235462
• ISBN13: 9780190235468
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"