Ideologies of marginality in Brazilian hip hop : retelling marginality through music

Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazillian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hop. In The Land Of Samba There Is Another Vibrant Culture Capturing The Attention Of Urban Youth. In This Compelling Account, Pardue Argues That Hip Hop, While Certainly A Product Of Globalized Flows Of Information And Technology, Is By No Means Homogenous. Rather, It Serves As A Set Of Ideologies For Everyday People To Make Sense Of And Potentially Change Their Lives. Based On More Than Five Years Of Anthropological Fieldwork In Sao Paulo, Brazil's Largest City, Ideologies Of Marginality In Brazilian Hip Hop 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, Pardue Highlights The Analytical Categories Of Race, Class, Gender, And Territory.--jacket. Introduction And Frame -- Assembling Brazilian Hip Hop Histories -- Making Territorial Claims: São Paulo Hip-hop And The Socio-geographical Dynamics Of Periferia -- Putting Mano To Music: Testing Hip Hop Negritude -- Mano/mana: The Engendering Of The Periferia -- Fechou? (i'm Out/the End?): Concluding Remarks About A Crisis And An Opportunity. Derek Pardue. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [187]-205) And Index. 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 São 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction and Frame....Pages 1-31 Assembling Brazilian Hip Hop Histories....Pages 33-57 Making Territorial Claims....Pages 59-89 Putting Mano to Music....Pages 91-120 Mano/Mana....Pages 121-158 Fechou? (I’m Out /The End?)....Pages 159-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-210