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Title:
Jay-Z : essays on hip hop's philosopher king / edited by Julius Bailey ; foreword by Cornel West.
Author:
Bailey, Julius, 1970-
Publication Information:
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
Call Number:
ML420 .J29 J39 2011
Abstract:
"Jay-Z is one of America's leading rappers and entrepreneurs, as well known for his music as for his business acumen. This text seeks to situate Jay-Z within his musical, intellectual and cultural context for educational study. Each chapter includes a set of review questions meant to spark discussion in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780786463299
Physical Description:
viii, 215 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Foreword : On Jay-Z and hip hop studies / Cornel West -- In search of meaning : sign, symbol, and Shawn / Julius Bailey -- Jigga speaks : the tradition of black oratorical genius / Toni Blackman -- The most authentic cultural agent / G. Jahwara Giddings -- The meeting with a president and a "king" / Davey D -- A urban singer of tales: the freestyle remixing of an Afro-Homeric oral tradition / Nicole Hodges Persley -- The prodigal God and the legacy of socially responsible hip hop / T. Hasan Johnson -- Zen and the art of transcending the status quo : the Reach from the hood to the suburbs / Bakari Kitwana -- Black marketing whiteness : from Hustler to HNIC / Stephany Rose -- A forty million dollar slave's moment of clarity / Daylan Dufelmeier -- Hip hop's prospects for womanist masculinity / Melina Abdullah -- Complicating Shawn Carter: race, the code, and the politics of school / David Stovall -- Oedipus-not-so-complex : a blueprint for literary education / A.D. Carson -- The culture industry : mainstream success and black cultural representation / Gil Cook -- The self-reliant philosopher king : Shawn Carter exonerated / Sha'Dawn Battle.
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