Ideologies of Marginality in Brazilian Hip Hop

by Pardue, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780230604650
• ISBN10: 023060465X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the land of samba there is another vibrant culture capturing the attention of urban youth. This compelling account argues that hip hop, while certainly a product of globalized flows of information and technology, is by no means homogenous. Using more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in So Paulo, Brazil's largest city, Pardue represents " culture" as generative and thus meaningful as a set of practices. When interpreted in this manner, local hip hoppers become closer to what they claim to be--subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. In his ethnography, the first in English to look at Brazilian hip hop, Pardue highlights the analytical categories of race, class, gender, and territory.

Author Biography

Derek Pardue is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International and Area Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the editor of the volume Ruminations on Violence and the author of articles related to Brazilian hip hop and education, race, and graphic design. In addition, Pardue has published texts on Brazilian soccer and casual restaurant design in the U.S.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction and Frame	p. 1
Assembling Brazilian Hip Hop Histories	p. 33
Making Territorial Claims: Sao Paulo Hip Hop and the Socio-geographical Dynamics of Periferia	p. 59
Putting Mano to Music: Testing Hip Hop Negritude	p. 91
Mano/Mana: The Engendering of the Periferia	p. 121
Fechou? (I'm Out / The End?): Concluding Remarks about a Crisis and an Opportunity	p. 159
Notes	p. 167
References	p. 187
Index	p. 207
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