The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back : : Youth, Activism and Post-Civil Rights Politics / / Andreana Clay.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clay, Andreana,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

From youth violence, to the impact of high stakes educational testing, to editorial hand wringing over the moral failures of hip-hop culture, young people of color are often portrayed as gang affiliated, “troubled,” and ultimately, dangerous. The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back examines how youth activism has emerged to address the persistent inequalities that affect urban youth of color. Andreana Clay provides a detailed account of the strategies that youth activists use to frame their social justice agendas and organize in their local communities.Based on two years of fieldwork with youth affiliated with two non-profit organizations in Oakland, California, The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back shows how youth integrate the history of social movement activism of the 1960s, popular culture strategies like hip-hop and spoken word, as well as their experiences in the contemporary urban landscape, to mobilize their peers. Ultimately, Clay’s comparison of the two youth organizations and their participants expands our understandings of youth culture, social movements, popular culture, and race and ethnic relations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. YOUTH -- 2. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE -- 3. IT’S GONNA GET HARD -- 4. HIP-HOP FOR THE SOUL -- 5. QUEER YOUTH ACT UP -- 6. BIG SHOES TO FILL -- 7. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. Notes on Navigating “the Field”: Insider Status, Authority, and Audience -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR