Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop
Awards:   Winner of Winner, DSA de la Torre Bueno Prize.
Author:   Imani Kai Johnson (Assistant Professor, Critical Dance Studies, Assistant Professor, Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190856694


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   27 March 2023
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Winner, DSA de la Torre Bueno Prize.

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Author:   Imani Kai Johnson (Assistant Professor, Critical Dance Studies, Assistant Professor, Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780190856694


ISBN 10:   0190856696
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   27 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Preface: ""Being There"" Introduction: Dark Matter, Breaking Chapter 1. Dark Matter & Diaspora: Cyphers in an Africanist Context Chapter 2: Battling in the Bronx: Social Choreography & Outlaw Culture Chapter 3. Badass B-Girls Dancing the Dissonance of a Breaking Sociality Chapter 4. Dancing Global Hip Hop: Negotiating Difference & Tradition Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index"

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In critically celebrating the immeasurable mass of hip-hop dance, Imani Kai Johnson significantly advances the thought and practice of Blackness as global field and global force. Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers is a beautiful necessity. * Fred Moten, New York University * Professor Imani K. Johnson provides a ringside seat and exceedingly informed analysis in Dark Matter. Her writing is a Hip Hop 'show and prove' performance of meaning and pervasiveness, grounded in contemporary reiterations of Africanist aesthetics within global Black lives. * Yvonne Daniel, Smith College *


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Imani Kai Johnson is Assistant Professor of Critical Dance Studies at UC Riverside. She specializes in African diasporic ritual cultures, global popular culture, and Hip Hop. Dr. Johnson founded and directs of the Show & Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference Series. She is also co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies, and has published works in Women & Performance and Dance Research Journal.

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