Foundation B-Boys, B-Girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York

Name: Foundation B-Boys, B-Girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York
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ISBN: 9780195334067

ISBN-10: 019533406X

ISBN-13: 9780195334067

Edition: 2008

Authors: Joseph G. Schloss

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Based on interviews with many of the dance's most significant figures as well as on four years of on-the-ground research in New York City, Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York offers the first serious study of b-boying--commonly known as "breakdancing"--the pre-eminent form of hip-hop dance. While breakdancing is often dismissed as a fad that died in the eighties, Joseph Schloss explains that the dance's true form--known as b-boying--lives on in underground venues around the globe. This almost four-decade-old dance of the African Diaspora boasts a complex set of aesthetic principles, a fiercely competitive attitude, a unique and powerful musical repertoire, and a…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Introduction



Getting Your Foundation: Pedagogy



B-Boy Text: Aesthetics



Crews



I hate b-boys - that's why I break: Battling



Like old folk songs handed down from generation to generation: history, canon, and community in B-boy culture



If Breaking came out of Uprock, then Hip-Hop didn't start in the Bronx: B-boy History



Conclusion