Black studies, rap, and the academy
By: Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Series: Black literature and culture
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: African Americans -- Study and teaching (Higher); African Americans -- Education; Rap (Music) -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- United States
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 expression--rap. 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.
Notes: Includes index.