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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816763303321

Titolo

Therapeutic uses of rap and hip-hop / / edited by Susan Hadley and George Yancy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65232-9

1-136-65233-7

0-203-80601-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HadleySusan <1967-> (Susan Joan)

YancyGeorge

Disciplina

615.8/5154

615.85154

Soggetti

Music therapy

Rap (Music) - Psychological aspects

Hip-hop - Psychological aspects

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

Cover; Therapeutic uses of rap and hip-hop; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: Give 'em Just One Mic: The TherapeuticAgency of Rap and Hip-Hop; Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives; 1. RA P (Requisite, Ally, Protector) and the Desperate Contemporary Adolescent; 2. Contextualizing Rap Music as a Means of Incorporating into Psychotherapy; 3. The Importance of Hip-Hop for Music Therapists; 4. The Hero's Journey in Hip-Hop and Its Applications in Music Therapy

5. I t's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: A Hip-Hop Feminist Approach to Music Therapy with Adolescent Females6. Therapeutically and Socially Relevant Themes in Hip-Hop Music: A Comprehensive Analysis of a Selected Sample of Songs; Part 2: Rap and Hip -Hop With At-Risk Youth; 7. Beats, Rhymes, and Life: Rap Therapy in an Urban Setting; 8. Therapeutic Outreach through Bboying (Break Dancing) in Canada's Arctic and First Nations Communities: Social Work through Hip-Hop; 9. Hear Our Voices: A Music Therapy Songwriting Program and the Message of the Little Saints through the Medium of Rap



10. "Just So You Know, I Miss You So Bad": The Expression of Life and Loss in the Raps of Two Adolescents in Music Therapy11. Naming My Story and Claiming My Self; 12. Yo, Can Ya Flow! Research Findings on Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Rap Therapy in an Urban Youth Shelter; 13. Rap Composition and Improvisation in a Short- Term Juvenile Detention Facility; 14. Song Communication Using Rap Music in a Group Setting with At-Risk Youth; Part 3: Rap With Clients in Specific Clinical Settings; 16. Beat It: The Effects of Rap Music on Adol escents in the Pediatric Medical Setting

17. "Must Be the Ganja": Using Rap Music in Music Therapy for Substance Use Disorders18. "Morphine Mamma": Creating Original Songs Using Rap with Women with Cancer; 19. Rapping Round the System: A Young Black Man's Journey through a High-Security Hospital; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In perceiving all rap and hip-hop music as violent, misogynistic, and sexually charged, are we denying the way in which it is attentive to the lived experiences, both positive and negative, of many therapy clients? This question is explored in great depth in this anthology, the first to examine the use of this musical genre in the therapeutic context. The contributors are all experienced therapists who examine the multiple ways that rap and hip-hop can be used in therapy by listening and discussing, performing, creating, or improvising.The text is divided into three sections that explor