Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazillian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hop.
Ideologies of Marginality in Brazilian Hip Hop
Introduction and Frame Assembling Brazilian Hip Hop Histories Making Territorial Claims: Sao Paulo Hip-Hop and the Socio-Geographical Dynamics of Periferia Putting Mano to Music Mano / Mana: The Engendering of the Periferia Fechou ? (I'm Out / The End?): Concluding Remarks about a Crisis and an Opportunity