Perry Prophets of the Hood

Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8615-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Focuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music: its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perry, Imani

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
ix

Introduction 1

1. Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music 9

2. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness 38

3. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions 58

4. The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion 102

5. B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity 117

6. The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women 155

7. Bling Bling…and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop 191

Notes 205

Index 223

Über Autor(innen)

Imani Perry is a Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University.