Fear of a hip-hop planet : America's new dilemma

Summary: This is a chronological account of development of rap music going back to the era of slavery. It depicts another side of the "culture wars" debate that shifts away from the "art" or "poison" angle back towards a conversation about the conditions that produced the music. It also shows the deep interconnection between how urban youth are represented in the media and urban policies like the war on drugs, and examines how the geographic split within the black community masks a second split between two disparate cultures both claiming to be black.

Record details

ISBN: 9780313395772 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0313395772 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780313395789 (ebook)
ISBN: 0313395780 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
vii, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara : Praeger, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	From plantation to the hood: a play in three acts -- Thinking with the nigga -- The beauty shop -- Souls on ice -- Black skin, new masks: hip-hop and the new politics of blackness -- Lessons from the second civil war -- The trial of Howard Colvin -- "We are Oscar Grant!" -- Race and reconciliation -- The last word.