Alec Stewart
@alecrstewart.bsky.social
Architectural and Urban Historian. Food lover and swap meet enthusiast. Bleeds Blue and Gold.
I am excited to share my latest article in the Journal of Urban History. It details how Asian American swap meet vendors collaborated with early West Coast hip-hop artists to facilitate two forms of urban citizenship, rooted in property and cultural production. Read here:
doi.org/10.1177/0096...
doi.org/10.1177/0096...
“Meet Me at the Swap Meet”: Asian American Commerce and the Emergence of West Coast Gangsta Rap - Alec R. Stewart, 2025
Marketplaces known as “swap meets” boomed in Greater Los Angeles during the 1980s and 1990s, serving as early sites for the production and distribution of a var...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am excited to share my latest article in the Journal of Urban History. It details how Asian American swap meet vendors collaborated with early West Coast hip-hop artists to facilitate two forms of urban citizenship, rooted in property and cultural production. Read here:
doi.org/10.1177/0096...
doi.org/10.1177/0096...
Looking forward to sharing my work on the role of Asian American swap meet vendors in West Coast Hip Hop’s emergence at UC Berkeley’s American Studies conference tomorrow (5/3). If you’re on campus, come by and say hello!
American Studies Spring 2024 Conference – Twice Told Tales: May 3, 2024, at the Women’s Faculty Club, Lucy Ward Stebbins Lounge – American Studies
live-american-studies-4.pantheon.berkeley.edu
May 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Looking forward to sharing my work on the role of Asian American swap meet vendors in West Coast Hip Hop’s emergence at UC Berkeley’s American Studies conference tomorrow (5/3). If you’re on campus, come by and say hello!