Hip Hop Reader, The, A Longman Topics Reader

Strode, Tim; Wood, Tim

ISBN 10: 0321385128 / ISBN 13: 9780321385123

Published by Pearson Longman (edition First Edition), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hip Hop Reader, The, A Longman Topics Reader
• Publisher: Pearson Longman (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321385128
• ISBN 13: 9780321385123
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Composition and hip hop may seem unrelated, but the connection isn’t hard to make: Hip hop and rap rely on a complex of narrative practices that have clear ties to some of the best American essay writing.  A Hip Hop Reader brings together work by important writers about this cultural phenomenon and provides lively selections that represent a variety of styles and interests.

From the Back Cover

Tim Strode • Tim Wood
The Hip Hop Reader

LONGMAN TOPICS are brief, thought-provoking readers, each on a single complex, but compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

Hip hop and composition may seem unrelated, but the connection isn’t hard to make: Hip hop and rap rely on a complex of narrative practices that have clear ties to some of the best American essay writing. The Hip Hop Reader brings together work by important writers about this cultural phenomenon and provides lively selections that represent a variety of styles and interests.

Notable Features of The Hip Hop Reader

• Examples of writing in a range of genres--scholarly essays, journalistic pieces, album reviews, student writing, and more–illustrate various rhetorical models in each chapter.
• Chapters are organized around compelling issues such as race, gender, hip hop’s global roots, and hip hop’s political implications.
• A diverse array of writers, including mainstream critics like Sasha Frere Jones, Jon Pareles, and Kelefa Sanneh and scholars like bell hooks and Tricia Rose, explore a range of experiences and opinions

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