Prophets of the Hood Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop

Name: Prophets of the Hood Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
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ISBN: 9780822334460

ISBN-10: 0822334461

ISBN-13: 9780822334460

Edition: 2004

Authors: Imani Perry

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Imani Perry 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 commercialisation.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.12" wide x 8.88" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Imani Perryis a professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. She holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization and a J.D. both from Harvard and is the author ofProphets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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



My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness



Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions



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



B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity



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



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


Notes


Index