The book's six chapters complement each other well in terms of their focal points and represent a welcome integration of quantitative and qualitative analyses of variation, discourse and interaction. The findings offer a range of insights with relevance for sociolinguistic theory.
- JANNIS ANDROUTSOPOULOS, Institut fur Germanistik, Universitat Hamburg
1. Introduction: White Youth and the Appeal of Hip-Hop Culture in the 90s 2. Keepin' it Real: Whiteness, Language, and Identity in Hip-Hop Culture 3. Talking Black: An Examination of the Language Patterns of White Hip-Hoppers 4. Resisting Whiteness: Immigrant Youth, Hip-Hop and Linguistic Choice 5. The Next Great White Rapper: Getting Called Out for Being White on TV 6. Identity Formation in the Hip-Hop Age 7. Conclusion: Implications for Education and the Status of AAVE