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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norris, Keenan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in literature.

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

American literature.

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

Cities and towns in literature.

City and town life in literature.

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

Street literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of articles, essays, interviews, and poems defines urban literature-street lit-and provides valuable insights into a cultural force that is fast becoming as important to the American literary scene as hip-hop has meant to music. Comprised of work by scholars, established authors, and new voices, Street Lit will connect with any reader wanting to grasp the significance of this sometimes controversial but unquestionably popular art form.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8108-9263-4

OCLC:

863670728