1st Edition
Australian Indigenous Hip Hop The Politics of Culture, Identity, and Spirituality
Introduction: Culture on the Stage of History: The Past Is Present in ‘Indigenous Hip Hop’
Chapter 1: "The Black from Down-Unda": Contact Zones and Cultures of Black Resistance
Chapter 2: "2 Black 2 Strong": The Politics of Blackness and Identification
Chapter 3: ‘Indigenous Hip Hop’: The Politics of Identity and Representation
Chapter 4: "Know Our True Identity": Indigenous Articulations of Identity through Kin, Place, and Spirituality
Chapter 5: Hip Hop and Australian Indigenous Youth: New Modes of Political Participation
Conclusion: ‘Indigenous Hip Hop’: History in the making
Biography
Chiara Minestrelli holds a PhD in Australian Indigenous studies from Monash University (2015). She is visiting professor in the Africana Studies Program at Lehigh University. She has published on Australian Indigenous literature and Hip Hop and Australian Indigenous Hip Hop.
"Hip Hop outside of the U.S. North American context has been largely mute for far too long. Yet, Hip Hop remains a powerful force throughout the globe. What Minestrelli has provided here is a window into the strong and current culture of Hip Hop within Australian contexts. This study examines the related history of Hip Hop within an indigenous context and provides the reader with an area of Hip Hop that is developing and connected to rich roots. Minestrelli’s work stands to be a cornerstone text in the field of Hip Hop Studies."—Daniel White Hodge, North Park University, USA
