It's not just rap music. Hip-hop has transformed theatre, dance,
performance, poetry, literature, fashion, design, photography,
painting, and film, to become one of the most far-reaching and
transformative arts movements of the past two decades.American Book
award-winning journalist Jeff Chang, author of the acclaimed Can't
Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation , assembles
some of the most innovative and provocative voices in hip-hop to
assess the most important cultural movement of our time. It's an
incisive look at hip-hop arts in the voices of the pioneers,
innovators, and mavericks.With an introductory survey essay by
Chang, the anthology includes: Greg Tate, Mark Anthony Neal, Brian
B+" Cross, and Vijay Prashad examining hip-hop aesthetics in the
wake of multiculturalism. Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal
discussing gender relations in hip-hop. Hip-hop novelists Danyel
Smith and Adam Mansbach on "street lit" and "lit hop". Actor,
playwright, and performance artist Danny Hoch on how hip-hop
defined the aesthetics of a generation. Rock Steady Crew
b-boy-turned-celebrated visual artist DOZE on the uses and limits
of a "hip-hop" identity. award-winning writer Raquel Cepeda on West
African cosmology and "the flash of the spirit" in hip-hop arts.
Pioneer dancer POPMASTER FABEL's history of hip-hop dance, and
acclaimed choreographer Rennie Harris on hip-hop's transformation
of global dance theatre. Bill Adler's history of hip-hop
photography, including photos by Glen E. Friedman, Janette Beckman,
and Joe Conzo. Poetry and prose from Watts Prophet Father Amde
Hamilton and Def Poetry Jam veterans Staceyann Chin, Suheir Hammad,
Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Kevin Coval. Roundtable discussions and
essays presenting hip-hop in theatre, graphic design, documentary
film and video, photography, and the visual arts. Total Chaos is
Jeff Chang at his best: fierce and unwavering in his commitment to
document the hip-hop explosion. In beginning to define a hip-hop
aesthetic, this gathering of artists, pioneers, and thinkers
illuminates the special truth that hip-hop speaks to youth around
the globe." (Bakari Kitwana, author of The Hip-Hop Generation )
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