Manifest technique : hip hop, empire, and visionary Filipino American culture / Mark R. Villegas.

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"Filipino Americans have been innovators and collaborators in hip hop since the culture's early days. But despite the success of artists like Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas and superstar producer Chad Hugo, the genre's significance in Filipino American communities is often overlooked. Mark R. Vill...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villegas, Mark R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
Series:Asian American experience.
Subjects:
Filipino Americans > Social life and customs.
Filipino Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hip-hop > Social aspects > United States.
Filipino Americans > Music > Social aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:xv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: On constant replay
  • Introduction: Savage folklorists in your empire
  • Currents of militarization, flows of hip hop : expanding the geographies of Filipino American culture
  • "Civilize the savage" : toward Islam, Filipino origin, and the golden age
  • Nation in the universe : the cosmic vision of Afro-Filipino futurism
  • Postcolonial bodies, modern postures : erasure and community formation in Filipino American hip hop dance culture
  • Conclusion: Work I manifest.