RT Article T1 A Theological Aesthetic of the Ugly: Hip-Hop, Race, and the City JF Cross currents VO 65 IS 1 SP 100 OP 115 A1 Perkinson, James W. LA English PB The University of North Carolina Press YR 2015 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1556128479 AB The article discusses the relationship between art, theology and urban culture, including in regard the aesthetics of what is considered ugly. An overview of the social conditions of cities, including in regard to inequality, race and the responses of hip-hip music to urban social conditions, is provided. Topics, including ancient Palestine, the work of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca and the painting of of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, are discussed. K1 Aesthetics : Social aspects K1 ART & society K1 ART & theology K1 CITIES & towns K1 History K1 Palestine K1 Race : Social aspects K1 Social aspects K1 Social History : 21st century K1 TO 70 A.D DO 10.1111/cros.12113