Rap music as resistive occupation: Constructions of black american identity and culture for performers and their audiences

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-61

  Pyatak, Elizabeth ^a   Muccitelli, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural expression; Marginalized youth; Occupational science; Postcolonial; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958125672     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2011.554154     Document Type: Article

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