Sima Aprahamian
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 663446 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sima Aprahamian |
| NOMBRES | Sima |
| APELLIDO | Aprahamian |
| FIRMA | APRAHAMIAN S |
| AFILIACIONES | York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4290-7976 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Birth of Breaking
The untold story of how breaking – one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today – began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s. Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform – and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Yet, despite its global reach and nearly 50-year history, stories of bre…
There Were Females That Danced Too”
The dominant narrative regarding breaking history is that the dance developed as an “exclusively male” expression of inner-city “machismo.” In this study, I challenge this narrative by bringing in the voices of breaking's often-neglected founding practitioners. By juxtaposing primary testimonies with mainstream representations, I aim to show how women have histoirically played a critical role in the dance, and how hegemonic discourse has obscured…
Hip-Hop, Gangs, and the Criminalization of African American Culture
It is commonly assumed that hip-hop was born when street gangs in the Bronx, New York, channeled their energy from violence and crime to music and artistic expression. I critically interrogate this dominant narrative through an examination of the influential book Yes Yes Y’all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop’s First Decade (hereafter “YYY”). Drawing from the original interview transcripts used for YYY, I compare the gang-ori…
Remaking a World
Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, Margaret Lock, Mamphela Ramphele, Pamela Reynolds (eds.), Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.Reviewer: Sima AprahamianConcordia UniversityRemaking a World: Violence, Social Suffering, and Recovery edited by Veena Das et al. is third (and last) volume on social suffering, violence and recovery compiled by members of Committee on Culture, Health, and Human Development of Social Science Research Council (New Y…
Armenians in London
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Armenians in London
Remaking a World
Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, Margaret Lock, Mamphela Ramphele, Pamela Reynolds (eds.), Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.Reviewer: Sima AprahamianConcordia UniversityRemaking a World: Violence, Social Suffering, and Recovery edited by Veena Das et al. is third (and last) volume on social suffering, violence and recovery compiled by members of Committee on Culture, Health, and Human Development of Social Science Research Council (New Y…
Hip-Hop, Gangs, and the Criminalization of African American Culture
It is commonly assumed that hip-hop was born when street gangs in the Bronx, New York, channeled their energy from violence and crime to music and artistic expression. I critically interrogate this dominant narrative through an examination of the influential book Yes Yes Y’all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop’s First Decade (hereafter “YYY”). Drawing from the original interview transcripts used for YYY, I compare the gang-ori…
There Were Females That Danced Too”
The dominant narrative regarding breaking history is that the dance developed as an “exclusively male” expression of inner-city “machismo.” In this study, I challenge this narrative by bringing in the voices of breaking's often-neglected founding practitioners. By juxtaposing primary testimonies with mainstream representations, I aim to show how women have histoirically played a critical role in the dance, and how hegemonic discourse has obscured…
Birth of Breaking
The untold story of how breaking – one of the most widely practiced dance forms in the world today – began as a distinctly African American expression in the Bronx, New York, during the 1970s. Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform – and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Yet, despite its global reach and nearly 50-year history, stories of bre…
Sociology (5 obras) · History (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Literature (3 obras) · Music History and Culture (3 obras) · Criminology (2 obras) · Dance (2 obras) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (2 obras) · Narrative (2 obras)