Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2018
Degree Type
Capstone Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies (BA)
Department
Cultural Studies
First Advisor
Douglas Reichert Powell
Second Advisor
Carmelo Esterrich
Third Advisor
Kenneth Daley
Abstract
Hip-hop is a subculture that has become a major part of popular culture and heavily affects contemporary music, clothing, and media. The subculture initially started as a way for the historically oppressed to voice themselves and have a dialogue for social dilemmas that were relevant to them. Maintaining this voice of authenticity will become more difficult the larger and more commercialized Hip-hop becomes, thus it is important to identify mediums that are being used to express authenticity through discussion of social dilemmas in Hip-hop culture. This project identifies poetry as a medium that is used to display authenticity in Hip-hop culture by allowing the marginalized a voice to discuss problems they face within the subculture. 33 pages.
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Recommended Citation
Dingle, Jordan, "Hip-hop and Poetry: Listen to the Words" (2018). Cultural Studies Capstone Papers. 30.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cultural_studies/30
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