Total Chaos: the Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2006. First printing (number line). Paperback. Small crease to front wrap lower outer corners; very minor edge-wear; else overall near fine(-) to very good(++) thus. Please see photos.. Small quarto in yellow and red illus wraps; xv, 382 pages: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Paperback original. "Examines hip-hop's past, present, and future in a collection of essays, interviews, and discussions." Contents: Introduction: Hip-hop arts: our expanding universe /; Jeff Chang --; Roots: perspectives on hip-hop history --; Dreams of a final theory /; Harry Allen --; Nommo /; Anthony "Amde" Hamilton --; (Yet another) Letter to a young poet /; Marc Bamuthi Joseph --; Physical graffiti: a history of hip-hop dance /; Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon --; The art of battling: an interview with Zulu King Alien Ness /; Joe Schloss --; Got next: a roundtable on identity and aesthetics after multiculturalism /; Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Marc Anthony Neal, Brian Cross --; pt. 2.; Flipping the script: beyond the four elements --; The pure movement and the crooked line: an interview with Rennie Harris /; Jeff Chang --; Found in translation: the emergence of hip-hop theatre /; Eisa Davis --; From the dope spot to Broadway theater: a roundtable on hip-hop theatre, dance, and performance /; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Fores, Traci Bartlow, Javier Reyes --; On lit hop /; Adam Mansbach --; Who shot ya: a history of hip-hop photography /; Bill Adler --; Words and images: a roundtable on hip-hop design /; Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, Sacha Jenkins --; Between the studio and the street: hip-hop in the postmillennial visual arts: a roundtable /; curated by Lydia Yee, with Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, Jackie Salloum --; The city in public versus private: through a scanner darkly /; Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky --; pt. 3.; The real: identity in flux --; Trapped in between the lines: the aesthetics of hip-hop journalism /; Oliver Wang --; L-vis is a pioneer;; or, legacy: the VH1 special /; Kevin Coval --; Burn rubber on plastic bubbles: "gangsta limpin" and the art of Dave Funkenklein /; retreaded by Dave Tompkins --; Black talk and hot sex: why "street lit" is literature /; Danyel Smith --; It's all one: a conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim'm West --; Homothugdragsterism /; Joël Barraquiel Tan --; how I found my inner DJ /; robert karimi --; A brand new feminism: a conversation between Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal --; pt. 4.; Worldwide: hip-hop arts beyond borders --; brooklyn /; Suheir Hammad --; Falling for Bob Marley /; Staceyann Chin --; Inventos hip-hop: an interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi /; Jeff Chang --; Cape Flats alchemy: hip-hop arts in South Africa /; Shaheen Ariefdien, Nazli Abrahams --; Afro-blue: incanting Yoruba gods in hip-hop's isms /; Raquel Cepeda --; Native tongues: hip-hop's global indigenous movement: a roundtable /; curated by Cristina Verán, with Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, JAAS --; pt. 5.; Next elements: hip-hop arts and future aesthetics --; Untitled /; Walidah Imarisha --; Theatres crossing the divide: a baby boomer's defense of hip-hop aesthetics /; Roberta Uno --; Put your camera where my eyes can see: hip-hop video, film, and documentary: a roundtable /; curated by Eric K. Arnold, with Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, Michael Wanguhu --; Codes and the B-boy's stigmata: an interview DOZE /; Jeff Chang --; Revolution: an interview with Brett Cook-Dizney /; Jeff Chang --; Scarcity and exploitation: the myth and reality of the struggling hip-hop artist /; Rha Goddess --; Towards a hip-hop aesthetic: a manifesto for the hip-hop arts movement /; Danny Hoch.