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Hip, the history / John Leland.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: 2005Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2005, c2004Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: viii, 405 p., 16 p. ill. 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060528184
  • 9780060528188
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.1 22
  • 306/.0973 22
LOC classification:
  • E169.1
Other classification:
  • Ijxp
Contents:
In the beginning there was rhythm: slavery, minstrelsy and the blues -- The O.G.'s: Emerson, Thoreau, Melville and Whitman -- My black/white roots: Jazz, the lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance -- Would a hipster hit a lady? Pulp fiction, film noir and gangsta rap -- The golden age of hip, part 1: Bebop, cool jazz and the cold war -- The golden age of hip, part 2: The beats -- The tricksters: signifying monkeys and other hip engines of progress -- Hip has three fingers: the miseducation of Bugs Bunny -- The world is a ghetto: Blacks, Jews, and blues -- Criminally hip: Outlaws, gangsters, players, hustlers -- Where the ladies at? Revel girls, riot grrrls and the revenge on the mother -- Behind the music: the drug connection -- "It's like punk rock, but a car": Hip sells out -- Do geeks dream of HTML sheep? A digressive journey through digital hip -- Everybody's hip: superficial reflections on the white caucasian.
Summary: A comprehensive look at American pop culture from 1619, when slaves first arrived in America, to the present day.
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Course literature 7 days Course literature 7 days Biblioteket Brinellvägen Dah Ikyb Leland Available 43731001728
Course literature 7 days Course literature 7 days Biblioteket Brinellvägen Dah Ikyb Leland Checked out 2024-10-22 43731001726
Course literature 7 days Course literature 7 days Biblioteket Brinellvägen Dah Ikyb Leland Available 43731001727
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-386) and index.

In the beginning there was rhythm: slavery, minstrelsy and the blues -- The O.G.'s: Emerson, Thoreau, Melville and Whitman -- My black/white roots: Jazz, the lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance -- Would a hipster hit a lady? Pulp fiction, film noir and gangsta rap -- The golden age of hip, part 1: Bebop, cool jazz and the cold war -- The golden age of hip, part 2: The beats -- The tricksters: signifying monkeys and other hip engines of progress -- Hip has three fingers: the miseducation of Bugs Bunny -- The world is a ghetto: Blacks, Jews, and blues -- Criminally hip: Outlaws, gangsters, players, hustlers -- Where the ladies at? Revel girls, riot grrrls and the revenge on the mother -- Behind the music: the drug connection -- "It's like punk rock, but a car": Hip sells out -- Do geeks dream of HTML sheep? A digressive journey through digital hip -- Everybody's hip: superficial reflections on the white caucasian.

A comprehensive look at American pop culture from 1619, when slaves first arrived in America, to the present day.

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