- Copyright Page
- Contributors
- Introduction
- North–South, East–West: Topographies of Latinidad
- Latina/os and Race
- Latinx Midwest Folklore
- Bridges to Cuba and Latina/Latino Studies
- Atlantic Continuities in Tomás Rivera and Rudolfo Anaya
- The Chicano Movement in the New America
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Latina/o Culture
- Latino Urbanism and the Gentrifying City
- Latino Philosophy
- Latina/o Religious Studies Since the 1970s
- Barrio Music, Spirituality, and Social Justice in Latino Hip-Hop
- Notes on Latino Philology
- The Bilingualisms of Latino/a Literatures
- Rhetoric and Affect in Bilingual Latinx Literature
- Always in Translation: Ways of Writing in Spanish and English
- Spanglish: Current Issues, Future Perspectives, and Linguistic Insights
- Latinx Pop Cultural Studies <i>Hoy!</i>
- Reflections on Latina/o Theater
- Transcolonial Gothic and Decolonial Satire in Ramón Emeterio Betances
- A Borderlands History of Latinx Cinema
- Television and its Impact on Latinx Communities
- Latino/as and Sports
- Appendix Does Latino Literature Matter? A Conversation
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This essay explores the spiritual and social concerns of US Latino and Latin American hip-hop. Beginning with a description of hip-hop’s influence on the author’s educational journey, the essay considers some of the key influences of Latino music on US rap music, as well as the growing dominance of hip-hop among Latino youth throughout the Americas. Besides documenting the influences of US rap on Latino music, it charts the distinct idioms, styles, and philosophies of Latino hip-hop, emphasizing the unique contributions of this subgenre to the broader culture of hip-hop.
Keywords: hip-hop, Latino rap, Orishas, Afro-Latino, indigenous rap, exile, refugees
Alejandro Nava, Department of Religious Studies and Classics, University of Arizona
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- Copyright Page
- Contributors
- Introduction
- North–South, East–West: Topographies of Latinidad
- Latina/os and Race
- Latinx Midwest Folklore
- Bridges to Cuba and Latina/Latino Studies
- Atlantic Continuities in Tomás Rivera and Rudolfo Anaya
- The Chicano Movement in the New America
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Latina/o Culture
- Latino Urbanism and the Gentrifying City
- Latino Philosophy
- Latina/o Religious Studies Since the 1970s
- Barrio Music, Spirituality, and Social Justice in Latino Hip-Hop
- Notes on Latino Philology
- The Bilingualisms of Latino/a Literatures
- Rhetoric and Affect in Bilingual Latinx Literature
- Always in Translation: Ways of Writing in Spanish and English
- Spanglish: Current Issues, Future Perspectives, and Linguistic Insights
- Latinx Pop Cultural Studies <i>Hoy!</i>
- Reflections on Latina/o Theater
- Transcolonial Gothic and Decolonial Satire in Ramón Emeterio Betances
- A Borderlands History of Latinx Cinema
- Television and its Impact on Latinx Communities
- Latino/as and Sports
- Appendix Does Latino Literature Matter? A Conversation
- Index
