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In this explosive book, Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expression--rap. A frank, polemical essay, Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap.

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Preface 1: Black Studies: A New Story 2: The Black Urban Bear: Rap and the Law 3: Expert Witnesses and the Case of Rap 4: Hybridity, Rap, and Pedagogy for the 1990s: A Black Studies Sounding of Form Afterword Index

Black Studies Rap the Academy Black Literature

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/06/1993
      ISBN13: 9780226035208, 978-0226035208
      ISBN10: 0226035204
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this explosive book, Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expression--rap. A frank, polemical essay, Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1: Black Studies: A New Story 2: The Black Urban Bear: Rap and the Law 3: Expert Witnesses and the Case of Rap 4: Hybridity, Rap, and Pedagogy for the 1990s: A Black Studies Sounding of Form Afterword Index

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