Total chaos
Subtitle: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop
By: edited by Jeff Chang
Publisher: BasicCivitas Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780465009091
Subjects: Hip-hop; Hip-Hop
Description: Examines hip-hop's past, present, and future in a collection of essays, interviews, and discussions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : hip-hop arts : our expanding universe / Jeff Chang; title: pt. 1. Roots : perspectives on hip-hop history; title: 1. Dreams of a final theory / Harry Allen; title: 2. Nommo / Anthony "Amde" Hamilton; title: 3. (Yet another) Letter to a young poet / Marc Bamuthi Joseph; title: 4. Physical graffiti : a history of hip-hop dance / Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon; title: 5. The art of battling : an interview with Zulu King Alien Ness / Joe Schloss; title: 6. Got next : a roundtable on identity and aesthetics after  multiculturalism / Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Marc Anthony Neal, Brian Cross; title: pt. 2. Flipping the script : beyond the four elements; title: 7. The pure movement and the crooked line : an interview with Rennie Harris / Jeff Chang; title: 8. Found in translation : the emergence of hip-hop theatre / Eisa Davis; title: 9. From the dope spot to Broadway theater : a roundtable on hip-hop theatre, dance, and performance / Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Fores, Traci Bartlow, Javier Reyes; title: 10. On lit hop / Adam Mansbach; title: 11. Who shot ya : a history of hip-hop photography / Bill Adler; title: 12. Words and images : a roundtable on hip-hop design / Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, Sacha Jenkins; title: 13. Between the studio and the street : hip-hop in the postmillennial visual arts : a roundtable / curated by Lydia Yee, with Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, Jackie Salloum; title: 14. The city in public versus private : through a scanner darkly / Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky; title: pt. 3. The real : identity in flux; title: 15. Trapped in between the lines : the aesthetics of hip-hop journalism / Oliver Wang; title: 16. L-vis is a pioneer ; or, legacy : the VH1 special / Kevin Coval; title: 17. Burn rubber on plastic bubbles : "gangsta limpin" and the art of Dave Funkenklein / retreaded by Dave Tompkins; title: 18. Black talk and hot sex : why "street lit" is literature / Danyel Smith; title: 19. It's all one : a conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim'm West; title: 20. Homothugdragsterism / Joël Barraquiel Tan; title: 21. how I found my inner DJ  / robert karimi; title: 22. A brand new feminism : a conversation between Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal; title: pt. 4. Worldwide : hip-hop arts beyond borders; title: 23. brooklyn / Suheir Hammad; title: 24. Falling for Bob Marley / Staceyann Chin; title: 25. Inventos hip-hop : an interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi / Jeff Chang; title: 26. Cape Flats alchemy : hip-hop arts in South Africa / Shaheen Ariefdien, Nazli Abrahams; title: 27. Afro-blue : incanting Yoruba gods in hip-hop's isms / Raquel Cepeda; title: 28. Native tongues : hip-hop's global indigenous movement : a roundtable / curated by Cristina Verán, with Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, JAAS; title: pt. 5. Next elements : hip-hop arts and future aesthetics; title: 29. Untitled / Walidah Imarisha; title: 30. Theatres crossing the divide : a baby boomer's defense of hip-hop aesthetics / Roberta Uno; title: 31. Put your camera where my eyes can see : hip-hop video, film, and documentary : a roundtable / curated by Eric K. Arnold, with Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, Michael Wanguhu; title: 32. Codes and the B-boy's stigmata : an interview DOZE / Jeff Chang; title: 33. Revolution : an interview with Brett Cook-Dizney / Jeff Chang; title: 34. Scarcity and exploitation : the myth and reality of the struggling hip-hop artist / Rha Goddess; title: 35. Towards a hip-hop aesthetic : a manifesto for the hip-hop arts movement / Danny Hoch.