{"product_id":"hip-hop-around-the-world-melissa-ursula-dawn-goldsmith-9780313357589","title":"Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003eHip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. \u003ci\u003eHip Hop around the World\u003c\/i\u003e includes more than 450 entries on global hip hop culture as it includes music, art, fashion, dance, social and cultural movements, organizations, and styles of hip hop. Virtually every country is represented in the text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the entries focus on music styles and notable musicians and are unique in that they discuss the sound of various hip hop styles and musical artists' lyrical content, vocal delivery, vocal ranges, and more. Many additional entries deal with dance styles, such as breakdancing or b-boying\/b-girling, popping\/locking, clowning, and krumping, and cultural movements, such as black nationalism, Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation, and Universal Zulu Nation. Country entries take into account politics, history, language, authenticity, and personal and community identification. Special care is taken to draw relationships between people and entities such as mentor-apprentice, producer-musician, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313357587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313357589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 7.30w x 2.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019","brand":"Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064847741183,"sku":"9780313357589","price":208.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c76e08b-6e84-462f-a634-8c3a1a6acb8f.jpg?v=1768671436","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hip-hop-around-the-world-melissa-ursula-dawn-goldsmith-9780313357589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}