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This ethnography of hiplife, a popular Ghanaian music genre combining hip-hop with highlife music, shows how young hiplife artists in Ghana and its diaspora use the music to gain social status, wealth, and respectability.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shipley, Jesse Weaver (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham and London : Duke University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Rap (Music) > Ghana > History and criticism.
Rap musicians > Ghana.
Popular music > Ghana > History and criticism.
Hip-hop > Ghana.
Rappeurs > Ghāna.
Musique populaire > Ghāna > Histoire et critique.
Hip-hop > Ghāna.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > International.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > New Age.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
Hip-hop
Popular music
Rap (Music)
Rap musicians
Ghana
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This ethnography of hiplife, a popular Ghanaian music genre combining hip-hop with highlife music, shows how young hiplife artists in Ghana and its diaspora use the music to gain social status, wealth, and respectability.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
ISBN:9780822395904
0822395908

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