Desi Rap
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Product details
- ISBN 9780739127216
- Weight: 435g
- Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 17 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Desi Rap is a collection of essays from South Asian American activists, academics, and hip-hop artists that explores four main ideas: hip-hop as a means of expression of racial identity, class status, gender, sexuality, racism, and culture; the appropriation of Black racial identity by South Asian American consumers of hip-hop; the furthering of the discourse on race and ethnic identity in the United States through hip-hop; and the exploration of South Asian Americans' use of hip-hop as a form of social protest. Ultimately, this volume is about broadening our horizons through hip-hop and embracing the South Asian American community's polycultural legacy and future.
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.
