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9780822334460

Prophets Of The Hood

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822334460

  • ISBN10:

    0822334461

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-12-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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Summary

""Prophets of the Hood" is the most comprehensive and intellectually original study to date of hip hop as a complex and innovative literary narrative form. Written with a refreshing blend of savvy critical rigor and brave and imaginative narrative verve, Imani Perry's study is an impressive analysis of late-twentieth-century American popular culture."--Daphne A. Brooks, Princeton University

Author Biography

Imani Perry is a professor of Law at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(8)
1 Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music 9(29)
2 My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness 38(20)
3 Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions 58(44)
4 The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion 102(15)
5 B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity 117(38)
6 The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women 155(36)
7 Bling Bling...and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop 191(14)
Notes 205(18)
Index 223

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