Hip hop matters : politics, pop culture, and the struggle for the soul of a movement /

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Author / Creator: Watkins, S. Craig
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Boston : Beacon Press, [2005]
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Summary:The author explores the evolution of hip hop and the backlash against it, from Detroit Mayer Kwame Killpatrick, the nation's first hip hop mayor, to the reception of the music on college campuses, where debates over its misogyny thrive.
Physical Description:295 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and index.
ISBN:0807009822
Author Notes:S. Craig Watkins is associate professor of radio-TV-film, sociology, and African American studies at the University of Texas at Austin.