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Pennycook, Alastair – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2007
This article addresses the relationship between the call for authenticity, its relocalization in other contexts, and the use of English. Hip-hop forces us to confront some of the conflictual discourses of authenticity and locality, from those that insist that African American hip-hop is the only real variety and that all other forms are…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Social Environment, Cultural Context, Social Attitudes