24 Bars to Kill : : Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan's Social Margins / / Andrew B. Armstrong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Armstrong, Andrew B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Dance and Performance Studies ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Language --; A Hip-Hop Introduction to Other Japans --; Chapter 1. Down in the Ghetto --; Chapter 2. Hypermasculinity and Ghetto/Gangsta Authenticity --; Chapter 3. Represent JP Koreans! Ethnic Identity in Zainichi Hip Hop --; Chapter 4. Rapping for the Nation --; Afterword --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789202687; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789202687?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andrew B. Armstrong.

The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.