Stare in the Darkness The Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics

Name: Stare in the Darkness The Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics
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ISBN: 9780816669882

ISBN-10: 0816669880

ISBN-13: 9780816669882

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lester K. Spence

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Rap#x19;s critique of police brutality in the 1980s. The Hip Hop Political Convention. The rise (and fall) of Kwame Kilpatrick, the #x1C;hip-hop mayor#x1D; 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 blacks think that rap is a bad influence. To what extent are African American hopes and fears about…

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List price: $25.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 6/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Introduction: Follow Me into a Solo



In This Journey, You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public



A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes



Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics



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



Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network and the Black Panther Party



National Hip-hop Convention Agenda, 2004



Top Hip-hop Albums for the Week of December 1, 2006



Ownership of Top Market Urban-Urban Adult Contemporary Radio Stations


Notes


Bibliography


Discography


Index