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The poetics of praxis: analogy, identity and commitment in hip-hop culture
2021
This dissertation contends that the distinctive poetic language of hip-hop enables individuals to understand and construct identities, as well as to challenge dominant narratives and provoke conscious shifts in their perceptions of self and community. Beginning with language, Chapter I explores the poetic structure of analogy and examines the cultural and cognitive ro les that analogy plays in American hip-hop. Acknowledging the transcultural nature of identity in hip-hop. Chapter 2 examines
doi:10.22024/unikent/01.02.86504
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