Holy hip hop in the City of Angels /

Holy hip hop in the City of Angels /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zanfagna, Christina, 1980- author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Description:	206 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Music of the African diaspora ; 19 Music of the African diaspora ; 19.
Subject:	Rap (Music) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Rap (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism. Christian rap (Music) Rap (Music) California -- Los Angeles. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11335247

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ISBN:	9780520296206 0520296206 9780520968790
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
Summary:	"In the 1990s, Los Angeles was home to numerous radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several major earthquakes and floods, riots and economic insecurity, police brutality and mass incarceration, some young black Angelenos turned to holy hip hop--a movement merging Christianity and hip hop culture--to 'save' themselves and the city. Converting street corners to airborne churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of praise, holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland's fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats, rhymes, and Bibles, they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations, prison ministries, African churches, reggae dancehalls, hip hop clubs, Nation of Islam meetings, and Black Lives Matter marches. Zanfagna's fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and unique view of black LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences."--Provided by publisher.

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Call Number:	ML3921.8.R36 Z36 2017
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