ISBN:
9780816669875
,
9780816669882
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (245 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Stare in the Darkness : The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics
DDC:
305.896/073
Keywords:
Hip-hop Social aspects
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African Americans Politics and government
;
Hip-hop Political aspects
;
African Americans Social life and customs
;
Plumbing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
;
Plumbing -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
;
African Americans ; Politics and government
;
African Americans ; Social life and customs
;
Hip-hop ; Political aspects
;
Hip-hop ; Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Rap's critique of police brutality in the 1980s. The Hip Hop Political Convention. The rise (and fall) of Kwame Kilpatrick, the "hip-hop mayor" of Detroit. Barack Obama echoing the body language of Jay-Z on the campaign trail. A growing number of black activists and artists claim that rap and hip-hop are the basis of an influential new urban social movement. Simultaneously, black citizens evince concern with the effect that rap and hip-hop culture exerts on African American communities. According to a recent Pew survey conducted on the opinions of Black Americans, 71 percent of black
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction: Follow Me into a Solo; 1. In This Journey, You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public; 2. A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes; 3. Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics; 4. Put Here to Be Much More Than That: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Kilpatrick; Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Hip-hop Politics; Acknowledgments; Appendix A: Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network and the Black Panther Party
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix B: National Hip-hop Convention Agenda, 2004Appendix C: Top Hip-hop Albums for the Week of December 1, 2006; Appendix D: Ownership of Top Market Urban-Urban Adult Contemporary Radio Stations; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Note:
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