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Hip‐hop and Urban Studies
Author(s) -
Jaffe Rivke
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12090
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , urban studies , cultural studies , media studies , social science , anthropology , political science , law
How can urban studies research engage fruitfully with hip‐hop? This contribution responds to the essays by D avid B eer and M artin L amotte on ‘street music’, urban ethnography and ghettoized communities. It discusses how a social science engagement with hip‐hop texts might differ from cultural studies approaches, and how the study of hip‐hop culture can contribute to social movements studies. The essay argues that academics can utilize this form of ‘urban’ culture in various ways when undertaking urban research, teaching urban studies and engaging a broader public in academic research.