num_pages: 117
description: In this explosive book Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expressionrap. A frank polemical essay Black Studies Rap and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap. Written in the midst of the political correctness wars and in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots Baker's meditation on the academy and black urban expression has generated much controversy and comment from both ends of the political spectrum.
language: English
title: Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy
publisher: University of Chicago Press