Publications

Publication details [#46499]

Cutler, Cecilia A. 2007. The co-construction of Whiteness in an MC battle. Pragmatics 17 (1) : 9–22.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | intercultural communication | markedness | race | rapping

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This paper discusses how hip-hop efficiently saps dominant race and language discourse, demanding Master of Ceremonies battles' participants to recognize and confirm this secret hierarchy.