Hip-Hop Revolution : : the Culture and Politics of rap
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The minstrel reprise : hip-hop and the evolution of the Black image in American popular culture -- "Real niggas" : race, ethnicity and the construction of authenticity in hip-hop -- Between God and earth : feminism, machismo, and gender in hip-hop music -- Rebels with a cause : gangstas, militants, media, and the contest for hip-hop -- Locked up : police, the prison industrial complex, Black youth, and social control.
In this groundbreaking book, Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar celebrates hip-hop and confronts the cult of authenticity that defines its essential character-that dictates how performers walk, talk, and express themselves artistically and also influences the consumer market. Hip-Hop Revolution is a balanced cultural history that looks past negative stereotypes of hip-hop as a monolith of hedonistic, unthinking noise to reveal its evolving positive role within American society.
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CultureAmerica.
PUBLISHED
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: ix, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780700615476
0700615474
SUBJECTS
Rap (Music) -- Social aspects.
Rap (Music) -- Political aspects.
Hip-hop.