Foundation : b-boys, b-girls, and hip-hop culture in New York / Joseph G. Schloss.

By: Schloss, Joseph Glenn [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. Description: 1 online resource (ix, 176 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199715312; 0199715319; 9780195334050; 0195334051; 9780195334067; 019533406X; 1281987034; 9781281987037; 9786611987039; 6611987037Subject(s): Hip-hop dance -- New York (State) -- New York | Hip-hop -- New York (State) -- New York | PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- General | Hip-hop | Hip-hop dance | New York (State) -- New York | Hip-Hop | Bewegungskultur | Breakdance | Music, Dance, Drama & Film | Dance | New York <NY>Genre/Form: Electronic book. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foundation.DDC classification: 793.309747/1 LOC classification: GV1796.H57 | S34 2009ebOther classification: LS 48907 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

"The original essence of the dance" : history, community, and classic b-boy records -- "Getting your foundation" : pedagogy -- "We have to be exaggerated" : aesthetics -- "In the cypher" : b-boy spaces -- "I hate b-boys-- that's why I break" : battling -- From rocking to b-boying : history and mystery.

Summary: 1. Introduction. 2. Getting Your Foundation: Pedagogy. 3. B-Boy Text: Aesthetics. 4. Crews. 5. I hate b-boys - that's why I break: Battling. 6. Like old folk songs handed down from generation to generation: history, canon, and community in B-boy culture. 7. If Breaking came out of Uprock, then Hip-Hop didn't start in the Bronx: B-boy History. 8. Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.

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1. Introduction. 2. Getting Your Foundation: Pedagogy. 3. B-Boy Text: Aesthetics. 4. Crews. 5. I hate b-boys - that's why I break: Battling. 6. Like old folk songs handed down from generation to generation: history, canon, and community in B-boy culture. 7. If Breaking came out of Uprock, then Hip-Hop didn't start in the Bronx: B-boy History. 8. Conclusion.

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