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UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City: The Aesthetics and Ethics of London's Rap Scenes

UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City: The Aesthetics and Ethics of London's Rap Scenes

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415812380
ISBN13: 9780415812382
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 8 2015
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Rap is arguably the most popular poetic form in the world today, yet many studies approach it purely as an art form. This book fills a large hole in the literature, looking at UK hip-hop culture and the social and economic relations that have produced it. Richard Bramwell demonstrates how working class youths aesthetically represent their conditions of urban dwelling, and how they adapt this culture to contribute to inter-racial collaboration. Drawing on original fieldwork, this book examines the role that rap plays in everyday life within the city, and how the form allows young people to negotiate their way through Britain's social and economic tensions.

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