Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization

Ian Condry

Published by Duke University Press 2006

Hip-Hop Japan

Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization

Ian Condry

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822388166

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About this book

An ethnographic study of Japanese hip-hop.

Author / Editor information

Ian Condry is Associate Professor of Japanese cultural studies in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Visit Ian Condry’s website.

Reviews

“I found Hip-Hop Japan fascinating. Ian Condry writes with both authority and intimacy. Taking on the movement of musicians, CDs, soundtracks, graffiti, breakdancing, fashion, racialized culture, style, musical genre, lyrics, and history from the United States to Japan, he offers a groundbreaking transcultural study of popular culture explored through an ethnography of the local.”—Anne Allison, author of Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination

“Ian Condry’s book moves masterfully between ground-level observation of the Japanese hip-hop scene and sharp insight into the global flows of cultural influence. His analysis of the urban spaces in which Japanese hip-hop culture unfolds is fascinating and smart. So, too, is the book’s careful mapping of hip-hop’s place within the complex history of Japanese popular music since World War II. Condry is one of the handful of writers breathing new life into popular music ethnography with lively, evocative writing and a firm grasp of contemporary cultural theory.”—Will Straw, author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50s America

"Ian Condry's years of contact with the main players in Japanese hiphop allow him to create a keenly observed oral history of rap in Japan from its very earliest days, and the story is longer and more complex than might be expected. . . . Hip Hop Japan is initially academic in focus, but Condry has done his research in clubs and the studios, and as a result it's of considerably wider interest."

-- The Wire

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Hip-Hop, Japan, and Cultural Globalization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Yellow B-Boys, Black Culture, and the Elvis Effect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
2. Battling Hip-Hop Samurai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. Genba Globalization and Locations of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4. Rap Fans and Consumer Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. Rhyming in Japanese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
6. Women Rappers and the Price of Cutismo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
7. Making Money, Japan-Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Conclusion: Lessons of Hip-Hop Globalization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 11 illustrations, 4 figures

eBook

Published: November 1, 2006
ISBN: 9780822388166