Class, Race, Marginality: Informal Street Performances in the City

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Beswick, Katie. 2021. Class, Race, Marginality: Informal Street Performances in the City. In: Shirin M. Rai; Milija Gluhovic; Silvija Jestrovic and Michael Saward, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 135-150. ISBN 9780190863456 [Book Section]

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This chapter explores the performance forms of litefeet dance and grime music, arguing that these are examples of 'informal street performance' which reflects resistance to the social and political inequalities of the city space.

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Book Section

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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190863456.013.9

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Keywords:

class, race, grime, litefeet, hip-hop, revolution, city space

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Institute for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship (ICCE)

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