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The 'hood comes first : race, space, and place in rap and hip-hop / Murray Forman.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3918.R37 M67 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forman, Murray, 1959-
- Series:
- Music/culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rap (Music)--Social aspects.
- Rap (Music).
- Hip-hop.
- African American youth--Social life and customs.
- African American youth.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 387 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Race, space, and place in rap and hip-hop
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Examines the significance of the 'hood in rap and hip hop
- Contents:
- Space Matters: Hip-Hop and the Spatial Perspective
- "Welcome to the City:" Defining and Delineating the Urban Terrain
- Old School Geography: From the Disco to the Street
- Growing an Industry: The Corporate Expansion of Hip-Hop
- Crossover and Fragmentation: Rap in the Platinum Era
- Boyz N Girlz in the 'Hood: From Space to Place
- Hip-Hop Media: Dissemination throughout the Nation
- "The 'Hood Took Me Under": Urban Geographies of Danger and the Cinematic 'Hood Genre
- Industry, Nation, Globe: Hip Hop Toward 2000.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-367) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081956396X
- 0819563978
- OCLC:
- 48474135
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