The Healing Power of Hip Hop

Raphael Travis Jr.

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781440831300
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216094876
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

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.

In The Healing Power of Hip Hop, Raphael Travis Jr. offers a passionate look into existing tensions aligned with Hip Hop and demonstrates the beneficial quality it can have empowering its audience. His unique perspective takes Hip Hop out of the negative light and shows readers how Hip Hop has benefited the Black community.

Organized to first examine the social and historical framing of Hip Hop culture and Black experiences in the United States, the remainder of the book is dedicated to elaborating on consistent themes of excellence and well-being in Hip Hop, and examining evidence of new ambassadors of Hip Hop culture across professional disciplines. The author uses research-informed language and structures to help the reader fully understand how Hip Hop creates more pathways to health and learning for youth and communities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Recent Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• “For Every Rose”
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Unpacking the Culture of Hip Hop
• Chapter 2 Racial Identity, Hip Hop Culture, and the Shift to Mainstream Pop Culture
• Chapter 3 Hip Hop’s History of Healing and Empowerment in High-Risk Environments
• Chapter 4 Affirming Identities: Hip Hop Values, Esteem, and Black Experiences
• Chapter 5 Context, Surviving, and Thriving: Resilience and Black Experiences
• Chapter 6 My Life, My Community: Growth and Black Experiences
• Chapter 7 A Change Is Gonna Come: Calls for Better across Black Communities
• Chapter 8 From Emotions to Learning and Growth: New Models for Understanding Hip Hop
• Chapter 9 Hip Hop and Physical Health: Healthy Environments to Live, Work, and Play
• Chapter 10 Hip Hop and Education: Engagement, Equity, and Excellence
• Chapter 11 Hip Hop and Out-of-School Time: Creating New Pathways to Growth and Change
• Chapter 12 Hip Hop and Mental Health: Emotions, Coping, Identity, and Growth
• Chapter 13 The Healing Power of Hip Hop: The Next Forty Years
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author