Stare in the darkness : the limits of hip-hop and Black politics / Lester K. Spence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, Lester K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Hip-hop--Social aspects.

Hip-hop.

Hip-hop--Political aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2011]

Summary:

Spence (political science, Johns Hopkins U.) asks how hip-hop and black politics interface with and shape each other. He examines hip-hop's power and its limitations in helping effect positive political changes for the black community. He argues that rap and hip-hop's politics both mirror and reproduce the neoliberal narrative and the most dominant aspects of black politics. He looks at the history of black politics, analyzes rap lyrics for thematic content, examines the consumption of rap and how it relates to, and affects attitudes of black youth, and looks at how hip-hop interfaces directly with current political issues. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 In This Journey, You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public 19

2 A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes 55

3 Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics 95

4 Put Here to Be Much More Than That: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Kilpatrick 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

ISBN:

9780816669875

0816669872

9780816669882

0816669880

OCLC:

653122894