The mark of criminality : rhetoric, race, and gangsta rap in the war-on-crime era /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 9 November, 2017 - 21:23

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

McCann, Bryan J.

Source:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press,, United States, p.1 online resource (2017)

Call Number:

ML3531

URL:

http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ualberta/detail.action?docID=4857052

Keywords:

20th century., African Americans, Crime in music., Gangsta rap (Music), History and criticism., Social conditions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Print version record.Figures; Preface: The White Boy Listens to Gangsta Rap; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era; 1. The Horrors and Heroics of Crime; or, Mapping the Mark of Criminality; 2. Parody, Space, and Violence in NWA's Straight Outta Compton; 3. Leisure, Style, and Terror in the G-Funk Era; 4. The Politics, Commerce, and Rage of "Thug Life"; Conclusion: A Politics of Criminality?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.