| Contents |
Foreword: Francophone hip-hop as a colonial urban geography / Adam Krims -- Two decades of rap in France: emergence, developments, prospects / André J.M. Prévos -- Musical dimensions and ways of expressing identity in French rap: the groups from Marseilles / Jean-Marie Jacono -- Common partitions: musical commonplaces / Anthony Pecqueux -- "Why are we waiting to start the fire?" French gangsta rap and the critique of state capitalism / Paul A. Silverstein -- Rap and the combinatorial logics of rogues / Manuel Boucher -- Social stakes and new musical styles: rap music and hip-hop cultures / Anne-Marie Green -- Tags and murals in France: a city's face or natural landscape? / Alain Milon -- Hip-hop dance: emergence of a popular art form in France / Hugues Bazin -- Rap in Libreville, Gabon: an urban sociolinguistic space / Michelle Auzanneau -- The cultural paradox of rap made in Quebec / Roger Chamberland. |
| Abstract |
Specialists in French, anthropology, sociology, and linguistics are the contributors to this series of ten articles on rap and hip-hop in France and French-speaking countries. The Black, blanc, beur of the title refers to the different ethnic groups that make up France (beur is slang for Arab). The development of rap and hip-hop in France, the use of graffiti and tagging, and the specific techniques of musical groups in Marseilles, Paris, Brittany, Quebec, and Gabon are among the topics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index. |
| LCCN | 2002007050 |
| ISBN | 0810844303 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810844311 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
