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Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop

by Imani Perry

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Focuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music: its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.

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Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of six books.

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Street Literature Book Award (Winner – Non-Fiction – 2005)

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Languages: English
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Published: 2004
Genres: Music, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 782.421649
LCC: ML3531 .P47

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