The Healing Power of Hip Hop

The Healing Power of Hip Hop
ISBN-10
1440831319
ISBN-13
9781440831317
Category
Music
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2015-12-14
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Author
Raphael Travis Jr.

Description

Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives. • Connects the latest research conclusions about Hip Hop's influences with actual examples of its practice and applied value in action • Identifies education, health and mental health, and afterschool settings as key to promoting health and well-being • Disentangles arguments about whether Hip Hop culture is more of a tool for empowerment or a tool for risk promotion • Explains Hip Hop's ongoing contributions to health and learning, with attention to the Black community • Provides a common language and structure for helping professionals, researchers, and policymakers to organize work related to Hip Hop and well-being • Introduces meaningful models, tips, and resources for personal or professional use • Offers real-world insights from today's leaders within the Hip Hop Ed movement

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