'Hood Comes First Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop

Name: 'Hood Comes First Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop
Price: 63.25 USD
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ISBN: 9780819563972

ISBN-10: 0819563978

ISBN-13: 9780819563972

Edition: 2001

Authors: Murray Forman

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'The 'Hood Comes First' looks at the specific emphasis on real neighbourhoods and streets in rap music and hip hop culture as a urgent response to the cultural and geographical ghettoization of black urban communities.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.01" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Space Matters: Hip-Hop and the Spatial Perspective


"Welcome to the City:" Defining and Delineating the Urban Terrain


Old School Geography: From the Disco to the Street


Growing an Industry: The Corporate Expansion of Hip-Hop


Crossover and Fragmentation: Rap in the Platinum Era


Boyz N Girlz in the 'Hood: From Space to Place


Hip-Hop Media: Dissemination throughout the Nation


"The 'Hood Took Me Under": Urban Geographies of Danger and the Cinematic 'Hood Genre


Industry, Nation, Globe: Hip Hop Toward 2000


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index