This expansive collection sets the stage for the next generation of hip hop scholarship as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the movement’s origins.
Freedom Moves travels across generations and beyond borders to understand hip hop’s transformative power as one of the most important cultural movements of our times. This book gathers critically acclaimed scholars, artists, activists, and youth organizers in a wide-ranging exploration of hip hop as a musical movement, a powerful catalyst for activism, and a culture that offers us new ways of thinking and doing freedom.
Rooting hip hop in Black freedom culture, this state-of-the-art collection presents a globally diverse group of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, Arab, European, North African, and South Asian artists, activists, and thinkers. The “knowledges” cultivated by hip hop and spoken word communities represent emerging ways of being in the world. Freedom Moves examines how educators, students, and activists use these knowledges to inform and expand how we understand our communities, our histories, and our futures.
Edited by:
H. Samy Alim,
Jeff Chang,
Casey Wong
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 862g
ISBN: 9780520382800
ISBN 10: 0520382803
Series: California Series in Hip Hop Studies
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Preface Shout Outs Making Freedom Move(s): Hip Hop Knowledges, Pedagogies, and Futures H. Samy Alim, Casey Philip Wong, and Jeff Chang PART I: BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND DIASPORIC KNOWLEDGE 1. Sweat the Technique: The Politics and Poetics of Hip Hop Rakim, Chuck D, and Talib Kweli 2. Know the Ledge(s): The Meanings of Knowledge of Self in “Post”-Apartheid South Africa Shaheen Ariefdien and Emile YX? 3. “Al-shaab yurid isqat al-nitham!”: Sustaining Revolution in Palestine and Syria through Hip Hop DAM (Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, and Mahmoud Jreri), Omar Off endum, and Ramzi Salti 4. “The Revolution Will Be Indigenous”: Collective Liberation, Healing, and Resistance to Settler Colonialism through Hip Hop Jessa Calderon, Gunner Jules, Lyla June, Tall Paul, and Tanaya Winder, with Casey Philip Wong 5. “Luchando Derechos” in Neoliberal Spain: Hip Hop Visions beyond Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and the Gentrifi cation of El Raval, Barcelona La Llama Rap Colectivo with H. Samy Alim PART II: HIP HOP ORGANIZING FOR ABOLITION, REPARATIONS, HEALING, AND GROWTH 6. 1Hood: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Media Creation in Pittsburgh Jasiri X 7. “Protection from Police Who Hinder Respiratory Airways”: Hip Hop Theatre and Activism with Kuumba Lynx in Chicago Jacinda Bullie, Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas, and Leyda “Lady Sol” Garcia 8. Ripples of Hope and Healing: Sustaining Community by Creating a Social Justice Arts Ecosystem Sonya Clark-Herrera, with Measha Ferguson Smith, hodari blue fka Adorie Howard, Reagan Ross, and Casey Philip Wong 9. Beyond Trauma: Storytelling as Cultural Shift and Collective Healing Bryonn Bain, Mark Gonzales, A-lan Holt, and Michelle Lee PART III: HIP HOP AS CRITICAL, CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND CULTURALLY SUSTAINING PEDAGOGY 10. “Where the Beat Drops”: Culturally Relevant and Culturally Sustaining Hip Hop Pedagogies Gloria Ladson-Billings, Django Paris, and H. Samy Alim 11. How Hip Hop Means: Retrospect for Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life Marc Lamont Hill 12. The Magic behind Science Genius: How Hip Hop Can Transform Science Education Christopher Emdin and The GZA, with Bryan Brown 13. Hip Hop, Whiteness, and Critical Pedagogies in the Context of Black Lives Matter A. J. Robinson PART IV: QUEER, FEMINIST, AND DIS/ABILITY JUSTICE HIP HOP FEATURES 14. The Pleasure Principle: Articulating a Post–Hip Hop Feminist Politics of Pleasure Joan Morgan, Brittney Cooper, Treva Lindsey, Kaila Adia Story, and Esther Armah 15. “When Can Black Disabled Folks Come Home?”: The Krip-Hop Movement, Race, and Disability Justice Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Stephanie Keeney Parks 16. Queering Hip Hop Feminist Pedagogies in the New South Bettina Love, Regina N. Bradley, and Mark Anthony Neal 17. “These Are Not Sonnet Times”: Building toward Liberatory Futures Maisha T. Winn Contributor Bios Index
H. Samy Alim is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences and Associate Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, where he directs the Hip Hop Initiative. His books include Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World. Jeff Chang is a writer, organizer, and teacher. His books include Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America, and We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation. Casey Philip Wong is Assistant Professor in Georgia State University’s College of Education and Human Development. His forthcoming book is adapted from his dissertation, Pray You Catch Me: A Critical Feminist and Ethnographic Study of Love as Pedagogy and Politics for Social Justice. He has helped organize four Hip Hop Think Tank gatherings and worked in the field of Hip Hop pedagogies for over fifteen years.
Reviews for Freedom Moves: Hip Hop Knowledges, Pedagogies, and Futures
"""Artists, educators, and activists discuss how hip-hop goes beyond music in this prolific and illuminating book."" * Library Journal, starred review * ""This collection presents essays reflecting on how hip-hop music has helped communities around the world understand their histories and identities in the last half-century."" * New York Times Book Review * ""Alim says LGBTQ artists in hip-hop will use the revolutionary 'spirit of hip-hop culture' to challenge anti-queer stigma and expand the genre’s diversity."" * USA Today * ""Freedom Moves offers a groundbreaking examination of hip-hop’s effect on culture, pedagogy, and philosophy. . . . Over the years, hip-hop has been a voice for activism. This meticulous, well-researched inquiry takes scholarship to the next level, providing a well-balanced, diverse analysis of hip-hop’s importance and impact."" * Choice Reviews *"
