{"product_id":"prophets-of-the-hood-9780822334354","title":"Prophets of the Hood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music:  its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProphets of the Hood\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive and intellectually original study to date of hip hop as a complex and innovative literary narrative form. Written with a refreshing blend of savvy critical rigor and brave and imaginative narrative verve, Imani Perry’s study is an impressive analysis of late-twentieth-century American popular culture.”—Daphne A. Brooks, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e“Imani Perry has written the most subtle and nuanced treatment of hip hop that I know. Her complex view of hip hop as black democratic space subject to prophetic utterance and mainstream cooptation is powerful. Her call for the local engagement and global vision of the underground to revitalize hip hop is compelling. Her seminal work should silence all naive or ignorant trashers of this vital cultural form!”—Cornel West, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e“Imani Perry’s \u003ci\u003eProphets of the Hood\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary and brilliant book. Eschewing a rigid division between the ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ in hip hop, she takes the discussion of rap to new depths and greater heights with a probing analysis of the poetic and political dimensions of the art form. With lucid explanations, crisp writing, and sharp analysis, Perry has managed to actually say some very important things in a strikingly fresh manner. With the storytelling skills of Nas, the passion of Tupac, the lyrical dexterity of Lauryn Hill, the verbal mastery of Talib Kweli, and the conceptual acuity of krs-One, Perry has produced a stunning, magnificent work of art.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of \u003ci\u003eHoller if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music 9\u003cbr\u003e 2. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness 38\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions 58\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion 102\u003cbr\u003e 5. B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity 117\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women 155\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bling Bling…and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop 191\u003cbr\u003e Notes 205\u003cbr\u003e Index 223","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534990573911,"sku":"9780822334354","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822334354.jpg?v=1755858508","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/prophets-of-the-hood-9780822334354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}