{"product_id":"welcome-2-houston-9780252087295","title":"Welcome 2 Houston","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A culturally rich topography of Black Houston and its heritage. . . . Wilkins' work stands out for its closeness to the ground, its rootedness in the city's people and places. \u003ci\u003eWelcome 2 Houston\u003c\/i\u003e goes well beyond the beats and rhymes, and even the cars. It's a lived-in academic portrait of a part of the city often overlooked, a community that, through trials and triumphs, is still tippin'.\" --\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eWelcome 2 Houston\u003c\/i\u003e, Langston Collin Wilkins examines hip hop’s deep connections to space, place, and heritage by weaving interviews, observations, and his own Houston upbringing into a richly informative and emotionally resonant work about an essential part of Black Americana.”--Eric Harvey, author of \u003ci\u003eWho Got the Camera? A History of Rap and Reality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. If You Go Down to Houston \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Everybody Inherits the Hood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Still Tippin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. Gotta Come Down, Gotta Rep the Hood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. TURNIN HEADZ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6. One City Under God \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e References \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400524472663,"sku":"9780252087295","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252087295.jpg?v=1730470893","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/welcome-2-houston-9780252087295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}