TY - BOOK ID - 78716632 TI - The Chican@ hip hop nation PY - 2013 SN - 1609173759 9781609173753 9781611860863 1611860865 PB - East Lansing DB - UniCat KW - Mexican American youth KW - Rap (Music) KW - Hip-hop KW - Mexican Americans KW - Hip-hop culture KW - Hiphop KW - African American arts KW - Popular culture KW - Hip-hop music KW - Rap songs KW - Rappin' (Music) KW - Rapping (Music) KW - African Americans KW - Monologues with music KW - Popular music KW - Trip hop (Music) KW - Youth, Mexican American KW - Youth KW - Social life and customs. KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions. KW - Influence. KW - Ethnic identity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78716632 AB - The population of Mexican-origin peoples in the United States is a diverse one, as reflected by age, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Far from antiquated concepts of mestizaje, recent scholarship has shown that Mexican@/Chican@ culture is a mixture of indigenous, African, and Spanish and other European peoples and cultures. No one reflects this rich blend of cultures better than Chican@ rappers, whose lyrics and iconography can help to deepen our understanding of what it means to be Chican@ or Mexican@ today. While some identify as Mexican mestizos, others identify as ind ER -