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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462180303321

Autore

Miller Monica R. <1981-, >

Titolo

Religion and hip hop / / Monica R. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-71224-5

0-203-10083-2

1-136-23252-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Collana

Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; ; 3

Disciplina

201/.7

Soggetti

Religion

Hip-hop

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: (re)finding religion -- Scapegoats, boundaries, and blame: the civic face of hip-hop culture -- Don't judge a book by its cover -- And the word became flesh: hip-hop culture and the (in)coherence of religion -- Inside-out: complex subjectivity and postmodern thought -- Youth religiosity in America: the empirical landscape -- Faith in the flesh -- Conclusion: when the religious ain't so religious, after all.

Sommario/riassunto

Religion and Hip Hop brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. Bringing postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion to bear on Hip Hop cultural practices, this book examines how scholars in religious and theological studies have deployed and approached religion when analyzing Hip Hop data. Using existing empirical studies on youth and religion to the cultural criticism of the Humanities, Religion and Hip Hop argues that common among existing scholarship is a thin interrogation of the category