"Message in the Music"

Received this note about a new book in my inbox this morning and thought I'd pass it along. One of the editors, Derrick P. Alridge, is a friend of S-USIH.

Message in the Music: Hip Hop, History and Pedagogy

Edited by:

Derrick P. Alridge, James B. Stewart, and V.P. Franklin

"Message in the Music brings together a wide-ranging, critical, and detailed essays that examine Hip Hop as one of the most influential cultural phenomena of the past half-century.  Written by historians, social scientists, literary critics, and educators, the essays examine the current state of Hip Hop, investigate its historical and philosophical linkages to previous African American social and cultural movements, and explore the ways it may be employed as an emancipatory pedagogy for youth in the United States and around the world.  By re-engaging ongoing debates in Hip Hop while offering fresh insights from young scholars across a variety of disciplines and perspectives, the collection has much to offer academics, students, teachers and parents."

Contributors include, James B. Stewart, Derrick Alridge, Pero Dagbovie, Anaynna Brown, Charise Cheney and others

The book is available here.