Tag Archives: hip hop

The sociology of hip hop

Posted on November 7, 2012 by davidgbeer

There’s a new post on the sociology of hip hop music on the Sociology at York blog. It contains a short film and a link to my article, which is currently available as an online first piece and will be … Continue reading →

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Hip hop as urban and regional research

Posted on June 20, 2012 by davidgbeer

An online first version of my article ‘Hip hop as urban and regional research: encountering an insider’s ethnography of city life’ has been published by the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. The paper version will be out in … Continue reading →

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Plan Bs politics

Posted on March 16, 2012 by davidgbeer

There is an interesting article here about Plan Bs new ‘protest’ song I’ll Manor. The article is about the political nature of the song, and how unusual such strong political sentiment is in contemporary pop music.

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