{"product_id":"from-jim-crow-to-jayz-9780252036620","title":"From Jim Crow to JayZ","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNegotiating identity in hip-hop culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Miles White's \u003ci\u003eFrom Jim Crow to Jay-Z\u003c\/i\u003e drops squarely into the Bermuda Triangle of critical race studies, gender and sexuality studies, and performance studies with useful new approaches to studying rappers as ambivalent cultural exemplars of black masculine performance.\"--H-Net Review\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\"Invaluable. . . . Provides a clear example of how interdisciplinary approaches to African American music and culture can provide future scholars with the tools to examine the ever changing and diverse identities within the community.\"--\u003ci\u003eBlack Grooves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"White's generative approach and application are ground-breaking, innovative, and ultimately laudable.\"--\u003ci\u003ePopular Music and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unique in both approach and scope, this work adds a scholarly perspective to the popular literature that examines issues of black masculinity and hardcore hip-hop as performed by black and white rappers. An example of excellent scholarship that sets new standards for writing on this topic.\"--Portia K. Maultsby, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Music: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thought-provoking work offering a hard look at hardcore hip-hop's masculinities.\"--\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A captivating study of hardcore styles of hip-hop, masculinity and the performance of the body.\"--\u003ci\u003eEthnic and Radical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By interrogating the cultural logic through which blackness and masculinity are constructed in our society, [White] opens up possibilities for more empowering forms of representation and identification both within popular culture and in the lived experiences of race, class and gender.\"--\u003ci\u003ePopMatters.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"White offers a vivid view of contemporary black male hip-hop culture. . . . A courageous work.\"--\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"[\u003ci\u003eFrom Jim Crow to Jay-Z\u003c\/i\u003e] takes a critical look at the portrayal of racialized machismo in modern America, and how hip-hop helps perpetuate stereotypical tropes about the African-American male. . . . Perfect for anyone who enjoys an intellectually stimulating and provocative read.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements; Introduction ONE: Shadow and Act: Minstrelsy and the Absent Black Presence; TWO: The Fire This Time: Black Masculinity in Contemporary Performance; THREE: Affective Gestures: Hip-Hop Aesthetics and the Body in Performance; FOUR: Real Niggas: Black Men, Hard Men and the Rise of Gangsta Culture;  FIVE: Race Rebels: Whiteness and the New Masculine Desire  Epilogue; References; Notes; Appendix","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400427053399,"sku":"9780252036620","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252036620.jpg?v=1730470658","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-jim-crow-to-jayz-9780252036620","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}