Ashli Rice Cultural Anthropology Ethnographic Paper March 25‚ 2013 Jehovah’s Witness Arriving at the Jehovah’s Witness meeting I was very nervous about what was to come. I knew that nothing radical was going to happen‚ there was going to be now speaking in tongues‚ or dramatic rituals‚ but because I knew I was entering into a different belief something just did not feel right. Although the feeling of the meeting was not exactly comfortable‚ I learned a lot from my observations. On Thursday
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Hip-Hop has been a substantial part of African American society since it emerged in the 70’s. Hip-Hop was created as a musical expression of the low and middle working class of African Americans. Social‚ economic‚ political views along with the condition of African American lives are expressed through hip-hop. The cultural aspect of hip-hop contains various different aspects of its significance on society. The historical aspect of hip-hop contains information about how hip-hop was created and how
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to good beats and experience art happening before their own eyes. Herc would be performing and crowds would break out into dancing and spray-painting. Many such as Flash‚ did not understand or respect the correlation spray-painting had to the Hip Hop culture‚ but they were strategically tied to one another. Also‚ according to Flash‚ the dance style called break-dancing was “a way of expressing how the music sounds”. It was also a form of physical competition and displaying a style of dance as a form
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Anthropology 3 MW May 21‚ 2012 Underground Hip-Hop Introduction: After participating in an event known as “Paid Dues” (a music festival where artists whose music genre which is underground hip-hop)‚ I will study through an Anthropological perspective‚ the subculture of underground hip-hop in the USA. Underground Hip-hop is a broad term for rappers and artists who avoid the mainstream. Hip-Hop as a music arose in the late 1970’s‚ exclusively from black culture‚ which came from block parties in New York
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Hip Hop is a musical and cultural genre that has become prominent over the last three decades. It was a way of allowing individuals to express themselves through music‚ dance‚ and dress to assist in finding their own identity. Hip Hop has more recently gathered a negative image on how women are portrayed in the industry. Hip Hop music videos in particular are said to objectify women‚ specifically black women in a hypersexual manner. This portrayal of the black women has arguably had an effect on
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Hip-hop is a genre of music that emphasizes lyrical skills over instrumentation. The style developed as an American subculture and gained worldwide popularity. In the 1980s and 1990s‚ many Cuban youths developed a taste for hip-hop‚ which prompted them to make extra efforts to access the music. At the time‚ the US restricted its interaction with Cuba; hence‚ the Cuban youth had limited access to American radio and television programs. The difficulty in accessing popular music encouraged the Cuban
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Shakur: A Hip-Hop Inspiration Music is a cultural journal that expresses the realities and emotions of life in a poetic way. For the African American culture‚ music has always been a statement for many controversial topics such as racism‚ religion‚ politics‚ education‚ crime‚ and violence. In the 1990’s‚ Hip-Hop became the newest cultural and artistic voice for the African American population. Genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ rock-n-roll‚ and gospel that once dominated the musical culture of African
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The decline of hip-hop Name: Georjette Jeanlouis Class: English CP Date: 6/6/2014 There are many definitions of this term called hip-hop; mainly hip-hop is not just a genre of music… or just a word. Hip-Hop is a lifestyle some people live by that is consisting of four elements-- such as break dancing‚ graffiti art‚ disc jockey‚ and master of comedy-- coining together to form this term called “Hip- Hop”. Hip-hop has taken America by the storm with their new fashion trends‚ latest music
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Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop artists that
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Effects of Hip-hop Throughout Generations Hip-hop is a genre that has greatly influenced generations and has been used to inspire‚ motivate‚ and promote. Although the first thought of hip-hop is hip-hop music‚ it has involved into a sense of hip-hop culture. There are different categories of hip-hop such as music‚ dancing‚ style‚ and art. These days‚ hip-hop is expressed in many different ways. Because of its popularity‚ hip-hop can be used
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