Brazilian Hip Hoppers Speak from the Margins: We's on Tape [Paperback]

Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in S?o Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazilian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hopIntroduction and Frame Assembling Brazilian Hip Hop Histories Making Territorial Claims: S?o 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

A well written, concise account of Brazilian hip hop. Pardue does a very good job of combining historical, sociological, aesthetic, artistic, and ideological analysis of hip hop music. The rich, ethnographic depictions help to bring the story to life. This book is an important contribution to the study of global hip hop and Brazilian popular music. - Sujatha Fernandes, Queens College, CUNY, author of Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and The Making of New Revolutionary Cultures