{"product_id":"ballad-of-the-bullet-9780691206493","title":"Ballad of the Bullet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Forrest Stuart, Winner of a MacArthur fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology \u0026amp; Sociology, Association of American Publishers\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The global cross-pollination of drill music is not a coincidence. Young people suffering from inequality and violence are harnessing social media to be heard and valued. \u003ci\u003eBallad of the Bullet\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed, sensitive toolkit for understanding cultural production in the modern city; essential reading for educators, community workers and music fans alike.\"\u003cb\u003e---Ciaran Thapar, \u003ci\u003eyouth worker and writer, speaking on BBC Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr Stuart’s recent book, \u003ci\u003eBallad of the Bullet\u003c\/i\u003e, is an often gripping account of what he learned from his association with teenage members of an up-and-coming drill group—he dubs them the Corner Boys—desperate to win fame, status and money from rapping. He shows how their musical and lyrical talent is only a minor part of what determines success.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adam Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book completely reshaped the way I thought about micro-celebrity and youth culture, and it opened  my eyes to how discussions of the internet have been largely oblivious to  the worlds of those who are not class-privileged, white and female. As people have been sucked ever deeper into their digital worlds in 2020, Stuart shines a light on how social media offer both hope and danger for some of our cities' most disadvantaged  young.\"\u003cb\u003e---Ashley Mears, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poignant, written with great clarity in a lively style, Stuart’s book belongs to a tradition of ethnographic studies conducted in Chicago on urban poverty since the 1930s.\"\u003cb\u003e---Clément Petitjean, \u003ci\u003eBooks and Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403896562007,"sku":"9780691206493","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691206493.jpg?v=1730484825","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ballad-of-the-bullet-9780691206493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}