Prophets of the hood
Subtitle: politics and poetics in hip hop
By: Imani Perry
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780822334354; 9780822334460
Subjects: Rap (Music); Histoire et critique; Social aspects; History and criticism; Aspect social; Aspect politique; Hiphop; Politiek; Rap (Musique); Rap; Literatuurtheorie; Hip-hop; Political aspects; Hip-Hop
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Hip hop's mama : originalism and identity in the music; title: My mic sound nice : art, community, and consciousness; title: Stinging like Tabasco : structure and format in hip hop compositions; title: The glorious outlaw : hip hop narratives, American law and the court of public opinion; title: B-boys, players and preachers : reading masculinity; title: The venus hip hop and the pink ghetto : negotiating spaces for women; title: Bling bling; title: and going pop : consumerism and co-optation in hip hop.