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The New H.N.I.C : The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop

New York : NYU Press, 2003

Online-Ressource (192 p.)

Englisch

Contents; Preface: Game Recognize Game; Who We Be: Introducin' the New H.N.I.C.; 1 No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip Hop, from Private to Public; 2. Brothas Gonna Work It Out: Hip Hop's Ongoing Search for the Real; 3. Can't Knock the Hustle: Hip Hop and the Cult of Playa Hatin'; 4. Head Nigga in Charge: Slick Willie, Slim Shady, and the Return of the "White Negro"; Epilogue: Where's the Love?; Selected Bibliography; Glossary of Hip Hop Terms; Shout Outs; Index; About the Author;

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: The New H.N.I.C. : The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop

978-0-8147-9895-9

978-0-8147-9895-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-0-8147-0906-1 ( : 65 (NL))

E185.86 .B649 2002

306.4840973     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Civil rights movements ; Electronic books

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