Desi Rap: Hip Hop and South Asian America (Hardcover)

Desi Rap: Hip Hop and South Asian America By Ajay Nair (Editor), Murali Balaji (Editor), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Ajay Nair (Editor), Murali Balaji (Editor), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Contribution by)
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Desi Rap explores the connection between South Asian Americans and hip-hop as both a sociopolitical/cultural movement and performative identity. This groundbreaking collection of essays is the first book of its kind to interrogate ideas about ownership of culture while asserting the distinctness of South Asian American identity that has come through the use of and influence by hip-hop as a cultural art form.

About the Author


Ajay Nair is Associate Vice Provost at the University of Pennsylvania. Murali Balaji is a lecturer and doctoral fellow at the College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780739127216
ISBN-10: 0739127217
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: October 1st, 2008
Pages: 202
Language: English