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Foundation - B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York (Paperback) Loot Price: R849
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Foundation - B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York (Paperback): Joseph G. Schloss

Foundation - B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York (Paperback)

Joseph G. Schloss

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B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx, NY in the early 1970s. Widely - though incorrectly - known as "breakdancing," it is often dismissed as a form of urban acrobatics set to music. In reality, however, b-boying is a deeply traditional and profoundly expressive art form that has been passed down from teacher to student for almost four decades. Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York offers the first serious study of b-boying as both unique dance form and a manifestation of the most fundamental principles of hip-hop culture. Drawing on anthropological and historical research, interviews and personal experience as a student of the dance, Joseph Schloss presents a nuanced picture of b-boying and its social context. From the dance's distinctive musical repertoire and traditional educational approaches to its complex stylistic principles and secret battle strategies, Foundation illuminates a previously unexamined thread in the complex tapestry that is contemporary hip-hop.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2009
First published: March 2009
Authors: Joseph G. Schloss
Dimensions: 234 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533406-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Rap & hip-hop
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Rap & hip-hop
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LSN: 0-19-533406-X
Barcode: 9780195334067

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