Hip: The History (inbunden)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
432
Utgivningsdatum
2005-01-01
Förlag
Harpercollins
Illustrationer
sv/v ill.
Dimensioner
208 x 130 x 25 mm
Vikt
360 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
335:B&W 5.25 x 8 in or 203 x 133mm Perfect Bound on 45lb Creme Groundwood w/Gloss Lam
SAB
Kt-qa
ISBN
9780060528188

Hip: The History

av Mr John Leland
Häftad,  Engelska, 2005-01-01
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"Hip: The History" is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again. "Hip: The History" examines how hip has helped shape -- and continues to influence -- America's view of itself, and provides an incisive account of hip's quest for authenticity.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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Chronicles the evolution of American pop culture in the twentieth century, explaining how consumer trends and product popularity shaped the nation's self-image, impacted international style, and changed perspectives on mainstream value.

How an underground idea shaped American culture, from sex and music to race, fashion, drugs, commerce and the national rites of rebellion.

Hip: The History is the story of an American obsession. Derived from the Wolof word hepi or hipi ("to see," or "to open one's eyes"), which came to America with West African Slaves, hip is the dance between black and white -- or insider and outsider -- that gives America its unique flavor and rhythm. It has created fortunes, destroyed lives and shaped the way millions of us talk, dress, dance, make love or see ourselves in the mirror. Everyone knows what hip is.

This is the story of how we got here. Hip: The History draws the connections between Walt Whitman and Richard Hell, or Raymond Chandler and Snoop Dogg. It slinks among the pimps, hustlers, outlaws, junkies, scoundrels, white negroes, Beats, geeks, beboppers and other hipsters who crash the American experiment, and without whom we might all be listening to show tunes.

Along the way, Hip: The History looks at hip's quest for authenticity, which binds millions of us together in a paradoxical desire to be different. Because, as George Clinton said, "You can't fake the funk."

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