The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop--And Why It Matters (平装)

基本信息出版社:BASIC BOOKS (2008年12月2日)平装:320页ISBN:0465008976条形码:9780465008971产品尺寸及重量:22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm ; 440 gASIN:0465008976

商品描述内容简介Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, "hip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States." In "The Hip-Hop Wars," Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement? A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, "The Hip-Hop Wars" concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide.媒体推荐A pioneering expert in the study of hip-hop explains why the music matters--and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.