{"product_id":"communicating-hip-hop","title":"Communicating Hip-Hop","description":"This insightful analysis of the broad impact of hip-hop on popular culture examines the circulation of hip-hop through media, academia, business, law, and consumer culture to explain how hip-hop influences thought and action through our societal institutions.\nHow has hip-hop influenced our culture beyond the most obvious ways (music and fashion)? Examples of the substantial power of hip-hop culture include influence on consumer buying habits—for example, Dr. Dre's Beats headphones; politics, seen in Barack Obama's election as the first \"hip-hop president\" and increased black political participation; and social movements such as various stop-the-violence movements and mobilization against police brutality and racism.\n\nIn \u003ci\u003e Communicating Hip-Hop: How Hip-Hop Culture Shapes Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, author Nick Sciullo considers hip-hop's role in shaping a number of different aspects of modern culture ranging from law to communication and from business to English studies. Each chapter takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour of hip-hop's importance in various areas of culture with references to leading literature and music. Intended for scholars and students of hip-hop, race, music, and communication as well as a general audience, this appealing, accessible book will enable readers to understand why hip-hop is so important and see why hip-hop has such far-reaching influence.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54219851170136,"sku":"9781440842221","price":52.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/communicating-hip-hop","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}