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Break beats in the Bronx : rediscovering hip-hop's early years /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ewoodzie, Joseph C., Jr (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Rap (Music) > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
Hip-hop > New York (State) > New York > History.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The beginnings of a boundary
  • Herc: the new cool in the Bronx
  • South Bronx DJs vs. other DJs
  • The development of an internal logic
  • Creating conventions
  • Crews and outside influences
  • Symbolic capital in the new entity
  • Race, gender, and the pursuit of recognition
  • MCs take the stage.