Hip Hop in American Cinema examines the manner in which American feature films have served as the primary medium for mainstreaming hip hop culture into American

Representing examines developments in black cinema. It looks at the distinct contradiction in American society, black youths have become targets of a racial bac

A reclamation and interpretation of a once-dismissed aspect of American film history

This Companion covers the hip-hop elements, methods of studying hip-hop, and case studies from Nerdcore to Turkish-German and Japanese hip-hop.

Avoiding the easy definitions and caricatures that tend to celebrate or condemn the "hip hop generation," Hip Hop Matters focuses on fierce and far-reaching bat