Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York
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- Synopsis
- B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx, NY in the early 1970s. Widely - though incorrectly - known as "breakdancing," it is often dismissed as a form of urban acrobatics set to music. In reality, however, b-boying is a deeply traditional and profoundly expressive art form that has been passed down from teacher to student for almost four decades. Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York offers the first serious study of b-boying as both unique dance form and a manifestation of the most fundamental principles of hip-hop culture. Drawing on anthropological and historical research, interviews and personal experience as a student of the dance, Joseph Schloss presents a nuanced picture of b-boying and its social context. From the dance's distinctive musical repertoire and traditional educational approaches to its complex stylistic principles and secret battle strategies, Foundation illuminates a previously unexamined thread in the complex tapestry that is contemporary hip-hop.
- Copyright:
- 2009
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199715312
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780199715305, 9780199887293, 9780199852314, 9780195334050, 9780195334067, 9780199715305, 9780199887293, 9780199852314, 9780195334050, 9780195334067
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/13/22
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Music
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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