The beauty of this book about global hip-hop is that you don’t need to be interested in rap to be drawn into Sujatha Fernandes’s journey from Sydney to New York, Chicago, Cuba and Caracas, or caught up in her passion for this art form from the streets.įernandes’s work is a model for ethnographic-based and interdisciplinary approaches to expressive culture.įernandes has a wonderful grasp of how people live on the streets of Havana, of the texture of their lives, of their speech and their sense of humor. Jeff Chang, author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation and Who We Be: The Colorization of America Close to the Edge is a beautifully told tale of the collective and the personal, the cultural and political-a classic of hip hop writing and a poignant tribute to urban youth. Johnson Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University, author of Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Educationįernandes brilliantly captures the moment when a global generation curved toward a unifying language and culture and found something that was both much more and much less than what it was searching for. This is a rare work that through its powerful logic and dramatic examples has changed forever how I will listen to stories.
Cristina García, National Book Award nominee, author of Dreaming in Cuban and Here in Berlin From negotiating the fallout from a globalizing economy to new movements in the visual arts, music, film, feminism, and racial consciousness, Sujatha Fernandes brings readers up to date on the inventive, evolving hustle that is Cuba’s survival. Transnationalism and Feminist Activism in Cuba: The Case of Magín ( Politics & Gender)įear of a Black Nation: Local Rappers, Transnational Crossings and State Power in Contemporary Cuba ( Anthropological Quarterly)Ī fascinating dossier about the challenges and preoccupations of post-Soviet Cuba. Recasting Ideology, Recreating Hegemony: Critical Debates about Film in Contemporary Cuba ( Ethnography) Out of the home, Into the House: Narratives and Strategies in Domestic Worker Legislative Campaigns ( Social Text)īuilding Child-Centered Social Movements ( Contexts)īarrio Women and Popular Politics in Chávez’s Venezuela ( Latin American Politics and Society)
Stories and Statecraft: Afghan Women’s Narratives and the Construction of Western Freedoms ( Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society) The Domestic Workers Strike: Migrant Women, Social Reproduction, and Contentious Labour Organising ( Feminist Review) Who Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social Movements in Chávez’s VenezuelaĪ vivid ethnography of social movements in the barrios of Caracas during the Chávez era.Ĭuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary CulturesĪn ethnography of the arts in post-Soviet Cuba, and an exploration of how hip hop culture, film, and visual arts have become vital medium for engaging with vital social issues. Sujatha documents her journey across Sydney’s West side to the South side of Chicago and the barrios of Havana and Caracas, exploring hip hop culture and the rage that underlies it. The Cuban Hustle: Culture, Politics, Everyday LifeĪ collection of essays looking at how artists and ordinary Cubans have hustled to survive and express themselves in post-Soviet Cuba.Ĭurated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of StorytellingĪn exploration of the perils and promises of storytelling in social movements, from an Afghan womens writing project, to migrant domestic workers and undocumented youth in the US, and Venezuelan barrio groups.Ĭlose to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation
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