Looks at linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel using various frameworks of analysis.

This cutting-edge book, located at the intersection of sociolinguistics and Hip Hop Studies, brings together for the first time an international group of resear

Offers a set of diverse analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language structure and use in African American communities.

This is the first collection of essays to take a pan-European perspective in the study of hip-hop. How has it traveled to Europe? How has it developed in the va

This book adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contr