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Hip hop dance

Title
Hip hop dance / Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar.
Author
Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi.
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, ©2012.

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TextUse in library Sc E 12-680Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
TextUse in library *MGV 19-2873Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description
xxxi, 121 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"This guide provides an overview of the history of hip hop culture and an exploration of its dance style, appropriate both for student research projects and general interest reading"--
Series Statement
The American dance floor
Uniform Title
American dance floor.
Subject
  • Hip-hop dance > United States
  • Hip-hop dance > Social aspects
  • PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > General
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture
  • Hip-hop dance
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.
  • Includes discography (page 107).
Contents
Series foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Introduction: Birth of the hip hop nation -- Decline of the Bronx, rise of hip hop -- Chapter 1: Breaks in break dancing -- Roots of the moves -- Ethic influences -- B-boy's routine -- Battling among crews -- B-girls in the twenty-first century -- Chapter 2: From urban to suburban -- Breaking on television and in film -- Hip hop finds a commercial groove -- Chapter 3: Hip hop scandals-sex, video, and violence -- Rappers as gangstas -- Race and rap -- East coast versus west coast feuds -- Rappers and video hoes -- Chapter 4: Make room for the ladies -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Discography -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call Number
Sc E 12-680
ISBN
  • 9780313378454
  • 0313378452
LCCN
2011043293
OCLC
548555640
Author
Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi.
Title
Hip hop dance / Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar.
Imprint
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, ©2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The American dance floor
American dance floor.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.
Bibliography
Includes discography (page 107).
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-680
*MGV 19-2873
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