Stare in the darkness : the limits of hip-hop and Black politics /

Stare in the darkness : the limits of hip-hop and Black politics / Lester K. Spence.

Show other versions (2)

Rap's critique of police brutality in the 1980s. The Hip Hop Political Convention. The rise (and fall) of Kwame Kilpatrick, the "hip-hop mayor" 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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Spence, Lester K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social life and customs.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Hip-hop > Social aspects.
Hip-hop > Political aspects.
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Social life and customs
Rap (Music) > Political aspects
Rap (Music) > Social aspects
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Follow Me into a Solo; 1. In This Journey, You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public; 2. A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes; 3. Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics; 4. 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; Appendix A: Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network and the Black Panther Party.

Similar Items