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245 10 a| Hip hop Desis :b| South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a global race consciousness /c| Nitasha Tamar Sharma.;

260 a| Durham, NC :b| Duke University Press,c| 2010.;

300 a| xiv, 351 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Refiguring American music;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.;

505 0 a| Alternative ethnics: rotten coconuts and ethnic hip hop -- Making race: Desi racial identities, South Asian and Black relations, and racialized hip hop -- Flipping the gender script: gender and sexuality in South Asian and hip hop America -- The appeal of hip hop, ownership, and the politics of location -- Sampling South Asians: dual flows of appropriation and the possibilities of authenticity -- Turning thoughts into action through the politics of identification.;

520 a| This book explores the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists. The author argues that through their lives and lyrics, young "hip hop desis" express a global race consciousness that reflects both their sense of connection with Blacks as racialized minorities in the United States and their diasporic sensibility as part of a global community of South Asians. She emphasizes the role of appropriation and sampling in the ways that hip hop desis craft their identities, create art, and pursue social activism. Some desi artists produce what she calls "ethnic hip hop," incorporating South Asian languages, instruments, and immigrant themes. Through ethnic hip hop, artists, including KB, Sammy, and Deejay Bella, express "alternative desiness," challenging assumptions about their identities as South Asians, children of immigrants, minorities, and Americans. Hip hop desis also contest and seek to bridge perceived divisions between Blacks and South Asian Americans. By taking up themes considered irrelevant to many Asian Americans, desi performers, such as D'Lo, Chee Malabar of Himalayan Project, and Rawj of Feenom Circle, create a multiracial form of Black popular culture to fight racism and enact social change.;

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651 0 a| United Statesx| Race relations.=| ^A6417;

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Hip hop Desis : South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a global race consciousness / Nitasha Tamar Sharma.

Author/creator	Sharma, Nitasha Tamar, 1973-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Description	xiv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	South Asian Americans--Music. --Social aspects. Rap (Music)--Social aspects. --United States. Hip-hop--Influence. South Asian Americans--Race identity. United States--Race relations.

Series	Refiguring American music Refiguring American music. ^A711575
Contents	Alternative ethnics: rotten coconuts and ethnic hip hop -- Making race: Desi racial identities, South Asian and Black relations, and racialized hip hop -- Flipping the gender script: gender and sexuality in South Asian and hip hop America -- The appeal of hip hop, ownership, and the politics of location -- Sampling South Asians: dual flows of appropriation and the possibilities of authenticity -- Turning thoughts into action through the politics of identification.
Abstract	This book explores the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists. The author argues that through their lives and lyrics, young "hip hop desis" express a global race consciousness that reflects both their sense of connection with Blacks as racialized minorities in the United States and their diasporic sensibility as part of a global community of South Asians. She emphasizes the role of appropriation and sampling in the ways that hip hop desis craft their identities, create art, and pursue social activism. Some desi artists produce what she calls "ethnic hip hop," incorporating South Asian languages, instruments, and immigrant themes. Through ethnic hip hop, artists, including KB, Sammy, and Deejay Bella, express "alternative desiness," challenging assumptions about their identities as South Asians, children of immigrants, minorities, and Americans. Hip hop desis also contest and seek to bridge perceived divisions between Blacks and South Asian Americans. By taking up themes considered irrelevant to many Asian Americans, desi performers, such as D'Lo, Chee Malabar of Himalayan Project, and Rawj of Feenom Circle, create a multiracial form of Black popular culture to fight racism and enact social change.
Local note	Little-356665--305131059157/
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.
LCCN	2010006794
ISBN	9780822347415 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822347415 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780822347606 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822347601 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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