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Book

The hip hop wars : what we talk about when we talk about hip hop--and why it matters

Call Number

  • 305.896 BR7978 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : BasicCivitas, c2008.

Physical Description

xii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • Hip hop's critics
  • Hip hop causes violence
  • Hip hop reflects black dysfunctional ghetto culture
  • Hip hop hurts black people
  • Hip hop is destroying America's values
  • Hip hop demeans women
  • Hip hop's defenders
  • Just keeping it real
  • Hip hop is not responsible for sexism
  • "There are bitches and hoes"
  • We're not role models
  • Nobody talks about the positive in hip hop
  • Mutual denials in the hip hop wars
  • Progressive voices, energies, and visions
  • Six guiding principles for progressive creativity, consumption, and community in hip hop and beyond.

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