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White hip-hoppers, language and identity in post-modern America [electronic resource] / by Cecelia A. Cutler.

By: Cutler, Cecilia A.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 8. Publisher: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xx, 172 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9781315858166 (ebook : PDF).Subject(s): Group identity -- United States | Hip-hop -- Influence -- United States | Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States | Language and culture -- United States | Sociolinguistics -- United StatesOnline resources: Click here to view
Contents:
1. Introduction : white youth and the appeal of hip hop culture in the 1990s -- 2. Yorkville crossing : a case study of the influence of hip hop culture on the speech of a white middle class adolescent in New York City -- 3. "Keepin' it real" : white hip hoppers' discourse on language, race, and authenticity -- 4. Hip hop, white immigrant youth, and African American English : accommodation as an identity choice -- 5. Brooklyn style : hip hop markers and racial affiliation among European immigrants in New York City -- 6. MC battles : seeing oneself through the eyes of the other -- 7. "She's so hood" : ghetto authenticity on reality TV -- 8. Conclusion : implications for theories of style, identity formation, and the status of African American English in the hip hop age.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-164) and index.

1. Introduction : white youth and the appeal of hip hop culture in the 1990s -- 2. Yorkville crossing : a case study of the influence of hip hop culture on the speech of a white middle class adolescent in New York City -- 3. "Keepin' it real" : white hip hoppers' discourse on language, race, and authenticity -- 4. Hip hop, white immigrant youth, and African American English : accommodation as an identity choice -- 5. Brooklyn style : hip hop markers and racial affiliation among European immigrants in New York City -- 6. MC battles : seeing oneself through the eyes of the other -- 7. "She's so hood" : ghetto authenticity on reality TV -- 8. Conclusion : implications for theories of style, identity formation, and the status of African American English in the hip hop age.