How Long to Read Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene

By Laura Speers

How Long Does it Take to Read Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 27 minutes to read Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene by Laura Speers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book explores the highly-valued, and often highly-charged, ideal of authenticity in hip-hop — what it is, why it is important, and how it affects the day-to-day life of rap artists. By analyzing the practices, identities, and struggles that shape the lives of rappers in the London scene, the study exposes the strategies and tactics that hip-hop practitioners engage in to negotiate authenticity on an everyday basis. In-depth interviews and fieldwork provide insight into the nature of authenticity in global hip-hop, and the dynamics of cultural appropriation, globalization, marketization, and digitization through a combined set of ethnographic, theoretical, and cultural analysis. Despite growing attention to authenticity in popular music, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive theoretical model explaining the reflexive approaches hip-hop artists adopt to ‘live out’ authenticity in everyday life. This model will act as a blueprint for new studies in global hip-hop and be generative in other authenticity research, and for other music genres such as punk, rock and roll, country, and blues that share similar issues surrounding contested artist authenticity.

How long is Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene?

Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene by Laura Speers is 145 pages long, and a total of 36,975 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 22 minutes to read Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene aloud.

What Reading Level is Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene?

Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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