Reggae and Hip Hop in Southern Italy Politics, Languages, and Multiple Marginalities /

• Main Authors: Scarparo, Susanna (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Stevenson, Mathias Sutherland (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity
• Subjects: Music.; Popular Culture.; Ethnology-Europe.; Youth-Social life and customs.; Popular Culture .; European Culture.; Youth Culture.

This book explores the significance of reggae and hip hop in Southern Italy from the beginning of the 1980s to the present. Focusing on groups and solo artists located predominantly in the Southern Italian regions of Apulia and Sardinia, it examines the production and distribution of their music, ly...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Roots and Routes of Reggae from Jamaica to Italy
• Chapter 2: "Inna Different Stylee": The Renaissance of Youth Culture and Politics in Bari
• Chapter 3: Sud Sound System, and the Revival of Salentine Language, Culture, and Identity
• Chapter 4: The Rise of the Posses and the Power of the Word
• Chapter 5: Southern Echoes of the Posses in Sardinia: Sa Razza
• Chapter 6: The Legacy of the Posses Beyond Genres and Across Generations: Randagiu Sardu, Mama Marjas, Claudia Aru
• Conclusion.