{"product_id":"stare-in-the-darkness-9780816669882","title":"Stare in the Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritiquing the true impact of hip-hop culture on politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eStare in the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, Lester K. Spence brings an essential degree of clarity and precision to our understandings of popular culture and political expression. This book is engaging and nuanced, and it will enrich in an original fashion our understanding of hip-hop as well as black politics.\" —Richard Iton, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStare in the Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eoffers brilliant insight into the political realities of contemporary black life. More importantly though,\u003ci\u003e Stare in the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is remixed, chopped and screwed in ways that hip-hop heads will certainly love and more than a few social scientists will find great value in.\" —Mark Anthony Neal, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThat’s the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Follow Me into a Solo\u003cbr\u003e 1. In This Journey You’re the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics\u003cbr\u003e 4. Put Here to be Much More than That: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Kilpatrick\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Hip-hop Politics\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network (HSAN) and the Black Panther Party\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. National Hip-hop Convention (NHHPC) Agenda, 2004\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Top Hip-hop Albums for the Week of Dec. 1, 2006\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: Ownership of Top Market Urban\/Urban Adult Contemporary Radio Stations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Discography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405964648791,"sku":"9780816669882","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816669882.jpg?v=1730494067","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stare-in-the-darkness-9780816669882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}