Jay-Z
Subtitle: essays on hip hop's philosopher king
By: edited by Julius Bailey ; foreword by Cornel West
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780786463299
Subjects: Rap (Music); Rap musicians; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Jay-Z is one of America's leading rappers and entrepreneurs, as well known for his music as for his business acumen. This text seeks to situate Jay-Z within his musical, intellectual and cultural context for educational study. Each chapter includes a set of review questions meant to spark discussion in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : On Jay-Z and hip hop studies / Cornel West; title: In search of meaning : sign, symbol, and Shawn / Julius Bailey; title: Jigga speaks : the tradition of black oratorical genius / Toni Blackman; title: The most authentic cultural agent / G. Jahwara Giddings; title: The meeting with a president and a "king" / Davey D; title: A urban singer of tales: the freestyle remixing of an Afro-Homeric oral tradition / Nicole Hodges Persley; title: The prodigal God and the legacy of socially responsible hip hop / T. Hasan Johnson; title: Zen and the art of transcending the status quo : the Reach from the hood to the suburbs / Bakari Kitwana; title: Black marketing whiteness : from Hustler to HNIC / Stephany Rose; title: A forty million dollar slave's moment of clarity / Daylan Dufelmeier; title: Hip hop's prospects for  womanist masculinity / Melina Abdullah; title: Complicating Shawn Carter: race, the code, and the politics of school / David Stovall; title: Oedipus-not-so-complex : a blueprint for literary education / A.D. Carson; title: The culture industry : mainstream success and black cultural representation / Gil Cook; title: The self-reliant philosopher king : Shawn Carter exonerated / Sha'Dawn Battle.