The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed. This timely book

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

The book presents a new theory of the relationship between language and culture in a transnational and global perspective. The fundamental view is that language

At the start of the twenty-first century challenges to the global hegemony of U.S. culture are more apparent than ever. Two of the contenders vying for the hear