Build the power of hip-hop diplomacy in a divided world
Hip hop and diplomacy are unlikely partners. And yet, since 2001 the US Department of State has been sending hip hop artists to perform and teach around the world. The government has good reason to be interested in hip hop: it is known and loved across the globe, readily acknowledged as a product of...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2019
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Hip hop and diplomacy are unlikely partners. And yet, since 2001 the US Department of State has been sending hip hop artists to perform and teach around the world. The government has good reason to be interested in hip hop: it is known and loved across the globe, readily acknowledged as a product of American culture. Moreover, hip hop has long been a means of fostering community through creative collaboration-what hip hop artists call building-and can thus facilitate mutual respect and cooperation among people of different nations, a key objective of diplomacy. At heart, 'Build' is about the intersection of art and power. It reveals the power of art to bridge cultural divides, facilitate understanding, and express and heal trauma. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 232 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits (farbig) |
| ISBN: | 9780190056117 978-0-19-005611-7 |