Transcultural Voices

<p>This book presents the narratives and voices of young mostly male practitioners of hip hop culture in Delhi India. The author suggests that practitioners understand hip hop as both a <em>thing</em> that can be appropriated and authenticated made real in the local and global context and as a <em>way</em> that enables them to transform their lives and futures in the rapidly globalising urban environments of Delhi. The dancers artists musicians and cultural theorists that feature in this book construct a multitude of voices in their narratives to formulate their 'own' transcultural voices within global hip hop. Through a combination of linguistic ethnography sociolinguistics and discourse studies the book addresses issues including gender and sexuality identity construction and global culture.</p>