Authenticity within hip-hop and other cultures threatened with assimilation

Kembrew McLeod

doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1999.tb02821.x

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Authenticity within hip-hop and other cultures threatened with assimilation

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Authenticity within hip-hop and other cultures threatened with assimilation

Kembrew McLeod

Journal of communication, Vol.49(4), pp.134-150

10/01/1999

DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1999.tb02821.x

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Abstract

McLeod examines claims of authenticity within hip-hop, African American culture. The use of the conceptual apparatus of semantic dimensions highlights how the culture's most central and powerful symbols are organized and given meaning vis-a-vis authenticity within a discursive system.

African Americans

American culture

Assimilation

Authenticity

Black culture

Commodification

Community

Hip hop culture

Hip hop music

Music industry

Popular culture

Rap music

Semantics

Subcultures

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Title: Subtitle: Authenticity within hip-hop and other cultures threatened with assimilation
Creators: Kembrew McLeod - University of Massachusetts Amherst
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of communication, Vol.49(4), pp.134-150
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1999.tb02821.x
ISSN: 0021-9916
eISSN: 1460-2466
Language: English
Date published: 10/01/1999
Academic Unit: Communication Studies
Record Identifier: 9984309653602771

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