Prophets of the hood : Politics and poetics in hip hop / Imani Perry
Imprint
London : duke University Press, 2004
Edition
1st ed
Descript
x, 236p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Hip Hop's Mama : Originalism and Identity in the Music -- My Mic Sound Nice : Art, Community, and Consciousness -- Stinging Like Tabasco : Structure and format in Hip Hop compositions -- The Glorious Outlaw : Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion -- B-Boys, Players, and Preachers : Reading Masculinity -- The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto : Negothiating Spaces for Women -- Bling Bling ... and Going Pop : Consumerism and co-optation in Hip Hop