Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater

Name: Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater
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ISBN: 9780472051328

ISBN-10: 0472051326

ISBN-13: 9780472051328

Edition: 2011

Authors: Daniel Banks

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The Hip Hop phenomenon now encompasses a global, multiethnic, grassroots youth culture committed to social justice and self-expression through performance. Hip Hop Theater emerged after the Hip Hop music craze, mixing spoken-word performance with music and dance and displaying the activism and resistance that typify Hip Hop culture. Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theatercollects eight works by contemporary artists Abiola Abrams, Zakiyyah Alexander, Chadwick Boseman, Kristoffer Diaz, Rha Goddess, Antoy Grant, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Rickerby Hinds, and Ben Snyder with commentary by theater director, scholar and activist Daniel Banks. The plays deal with compelling issues of our times, including…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 6/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction: Hip Hop Theater's Ethic of Inclusion



Spoken Word Theater


Goddess City



Dreamscape



Deep




Hip Hop Theater Plays


Welcome To



In Case You Forget



Blurring




Solo Performance


You Wanna Piece of Me?



Low Rha Goddess


Hip Hop Theater Wiki: A Conversation with



Say Word! Glossary (with Fabian "Farbeon" Saucedo)


Bibliography


Contributors