Street lit : representing the urban landscape / edited by Keenan Norris ; [foreword by Omar Tyree].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norris, Keenan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns in literature.

City and town life in literature.

African Americans in literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature--African American authors.

Street literature--United States--History and criticism.

Street literature.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2014.

Contents:

Introduction: "street lit[erature] in America past and present" / by Keenan Norris

Street literature in America past and present. "What is African-American literature?"/ by Gerald Early

Gang wars: the academy vs. the streets / by Kemeshia Randle

Early street lit: 1950s-1970s. Whose mean streets?: Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and the black noir aesthetic / by Bonnie Rhee Andreyeyev

(Re)writing the "bad nigger" hero in Robert Beck's Pimp / by Dennis L. Winston

Philadelphia negroes, pseudo-sociology, South Street and the life narrative of Malcolm X / interview with David Bradley

Contemporary street lit: 1990s and 2000s. Saratoga Avenue / by Arisa White

The history, power and graffiti art of Brazilian hip-hop / by Jaqueline Lima Santos and Ana Lúcia Silva Souza

Ggun(n) / by Arisa White

Comparing the available female roles and the social contexts of Sula and The coldest winter ever / by Keenan Norris

In their own words: street lit, code-meshing, and linguistic diversity / by Nikia Chaney

Crucial churches / by Tristan Acker

The art of storytellin : hip hop music and its cousin, street lit / by Khalid White

Street literature: a contextualization, historiography and personal narrative / by Gerald Early

Enigmas / by Sterling Warner

Colson Whitehead's Zone one: post-apocalyptic zombies take over Manhattan in the age of nostalgia, despair, and consumption / by Kimberly Fain

The method, madness and marketing of street lit / by Latoya Peterson

A point west of Mount San Bernardino / by Juan Delgado

Stories we might as well tell / interview with Lynel Gardner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

ISBN:

9780810892620

0810892626

OCLC:

851417768