Foundation : B-Boys, B-Girls and Hip-hop Culture in New York.
Title:
Foundation : B-Boys, B-Girls and Hip-hop Culture in New York.
Author:
Schloss, Joseph.
ISBN:
9780199715312
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (143 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "The Original Essence of the Dance": History, Community, and Classic B-Boy Records -- 3. "Getting Your Foundation": Pedagogy -- 4. "We Have to Be Exaggerated": Aesthetics -- 5. "In the Cypher": B-Boy Spaces -- 6. "I Hate B-Boys-That's Why I Break": Battling -- 7. From Rocking to B-Boying: History and Mystery -- 8. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
1. Introduction. 2. Getting Your Foundation: Pedagogy. 3. B-Boy Text: Aesthetics. 4. Crews. 5. I hate b-boys - that's why I break: Battling. 6. Like old folk songs handed down from generation to generation: history, canon, and community in B-boy culture. 7. If Breaking came out of Uprock, then Hip-Hop didn't start in the Bronx: B-boy History. 8. Conclusion.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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