Synopsis
An exploration of the emergence of hip hop in America, its association with violence and how it influenced the music scene worldwide from rappers such as Eminem.
- Programme: imagine...
- Series: Summer 2003
- Episode: The Hip Hop Generation
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2003
- Sociology | How are youth subcultures formed? Why do they develop? | Theoretical views of the role of youth culture and subcultures: functionalism, Marxism/neo-Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, subcultures.
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