24 Bars to Kill: Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan's Social Margins (Dance and Performance Studies #14) book cover by Andrew B. Armstrong

24 Bars to Kill: Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan's Social Margins (Dance and Performance Studies #14) [9781807581077]

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Author: Andrew B. Armstrong

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The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, “ghetto” or “gangsta” music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational “rags-to-riches” narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill offers a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it, showing how gangsta hip-hop arises from widespread dissatisfaction and malaise.

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Author:

Andrew B. Armstrong

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Paperback

Publication Date:

09/15/2026

ISBN-10:

1807581071

ISBN-13:

9781807581077

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204

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Berghahn Books

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