4. The Sounds of Imperfect Resistance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: 2-5-Flow! 1
5. 1. Cultural Anxieties, Music Commodities, Rapping Bodies 28
6. 2. Play and Gender 58
7. 3. Diaspora, Love, and Limits 93
8. 4. The Sounds of Imperfect Resistance 128
9. Conclusion: Hip Hop Flow as Kenyan, as Black 162
10. Notes 171
11. Interviews 201
12. Bibliography 203
13. Index 223