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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817817603321

Autore

McFarland Pancho

Titolo

The Chican@ hip hop nation [[electronic resource] ] : politics of a new millennial mestizaje / / Pancho McFarland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-60917-375-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Latinos in the United States

Latinos in the United States series

Altri autori (Persone)

Dimitrova-GalacziEvelina <1967->

WeirCyril J

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity

Hip-hop - Influence

Mexican Americans - Social conditions

Hip-hop - Social aspects - United States

Rap (Music) - Social aspects - United States

Mexican American youth - Social life and customs

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

Setting the theoretical context -- Quién es más macho? quién es más mexicano?: Chican@ and Mexican@ identities in rap -- Barrio logos: the sacred and profane word of Chicano emcees -- Identities old and new -- Sonido indígena: Mexica hip-hop and masculine identity -- Paísas, compas, inmigrantes -- Barrio locos: street hop and Amerikan identity -- Mexicanidad, africanidad -- Multiracial macho: Kemo the Blaxican's hip-hop masculinity -- The rap on Chicano/Mexicano and Black masculinity -- "Soy la kalle": radio, reggaetón, and latin@ identity -- Hip-hop and justice -- A hip-hop pedagogy for social justice -- Afterword. Hip-hop and freedom-dreaming in the Mexican diaspora.

Sommario/riassunto

The population of Mexican-origin peoples in the United States is a diverse one, as reflected by age, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Far from antiquated concepts of mestizaje, recent scholarship has shown that Mexican@/Chican@ culture is a mixture of indigenous, African, and Spanish and other European peoples and cultures. No one reflects this rich blend of cultures better than Chican@ rappers, whose



lyrics and iconography can help to deepen our understanding of what it means to be Chican@ or Mexican@ today. While some identify as Mexican mestizos, others identify as ind