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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.

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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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/06/1993
    ISBN13: 9780226035208, 978-0226035208
    ISBN10: 0226035204
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    ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: general Cultural studies Decolonisation

    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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