Introduction / Scott F. Parker -- Race... and other four letter words : Eminem and the cultural politics of authenticity / Gilbert B. Rodman -- Beats by Em / Ben Hoerster -- The fanatic lyric : Eminem as poet / Aaron Apps -- The black vernacular versus a cracker's knack for verses? / Darin Flynn -- The melodic nature of rap and the importance of the phrase / Martin Connor -- Somewhere in between : eminem's ambiguities / E Martin Nolan -- Eminem 2.0 : the redemptive subjectivity of whiteness / Julius Bailey and David J. Leonard -- The farther reaches of human proficiency / Steve Bramucci -- The white negro gone mad : race and pathology in Eminem's construction of Slim Shady / Miles White -- Neither black nor white : poor white trash / Sylvie Laurent -- Appendix. he is whatever we say he is : on Eminem, fame and hip hop aesthetics / Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre.