From Jim Crow to Jay-Z

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252078323

Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity

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By Miles White
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Acknowledgements; Introduction ONE: Shadow and Act: Minstrelsy and the Absent Black Presence; TWO: The Fire This Time: Black Masculinity in Contemporary Performance; THREE: Affective Gestures: Hip-Hop Aesthetics and the Body in Performance; FOUR: Real Niggas: Black Men, Hard Men and the Rise of Gangsta Culture; FIVE: Race Rebels: Whiteness and the New Masculine Desire Epilogue; References; Notes; Appendix

''Unique in both approach and scope, this work adds a scholarly perspective to the popular literature that examines issues of black masculinity and hardcore hip-hop as performed by black and white rappers. An example of excellent scholarship that sets new standards for writing on this topic.''--Portia K. Maultsby, coeditor of African American Music: An Introduction

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