24 Bars to Kill : Hip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan's Social Margins

Name: 24 Bars to Kill
Brand: Berghahn Books
SKU: 9781807581077
Price: 4300 KES
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ISBN: 9781807581077

by Andrew B. Armstrong

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Dance and Performance Studies

ISBN-10 1807581071

ISBN-13 9781807581077

Publisher Berghahn Books

Imprint Berghahn Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 15th, 2026

Print length 204 Pages

Product Classification: Theory of music & musicology Theory of music and musicology Rap & Hip-Hop Popular music Asian history Asian history

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Contrary to persistent depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, “ghetto” or “gangsta” J-hop music gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill gives a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it.

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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