Desi rap : hip-hop and South Asian America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nair, Ajay, 1974-, Balaji, Murali, 1979-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]
Subjects:	South Asian Americans > Music > Social aspects. Rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.

Table of Contents:

My hip-hop life / Vijay Prashad
Polyvalent voices : ethnic and racialized Desi hip-hop / Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Hip-hop agitprop / Ajay Nair
B-boys and bass girls : sex, style, and mobility in Indian American youth culture / Sunaina Maira
How hip-hop helped an Indian girl find her way home / Deepti Hajela
Making Brown like dat : South Asians and hip-hop / Raeshem Chopra Nijhon
Outcaste / Murali Balaji
Spoken word / Swapnil Shah
The disjointed artist / Chee Malabar
Beats, rhythm, life / D'Lo
Sounds from a town I love / the1shanti
Words from the battlefront / Utkarsh Ambudkar
An ear to the streets and a vibe in the basement / DJ Rekha.