That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415969190 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 628 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"That's The Joint!, edited by Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal, is a ready-made cornerstone for any multidisciplinary hip-hop course -- Houston Chronicle"Everything you wanted to know about hip-hop." --The Wisconsin Journal"This is the ultimate breakdown of hip-hop scholarship in one master mix volume."-- Charlie Ahearn, co-author of Yes Yes Y'All: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade and director of Wild Style
That's the Joint presents the most important hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume, addressing hip-hop as both a musical and a cultural practice. Think of it as "Hip-Hop 101.". Spanning nearly 25 years of scholarship, criticism, and journalism, this unprecedented anthology showcases the evolution and continuing influence of one of the most creative and contested elements of global popular culture since its advent in the late 1970s. That's the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader brings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today
. He is author of The'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Hip-Hop.Mark Anthony Neal is Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African-American Studies at Duke University. Neal is the author of What the Music Said, Soul Babies, and Songs inthe Key of Black Life, all published by Routledge. Murray Forman is Assistant Professor of Commu
BK said Three Stars. I thought it would be new but there was writing and highlighting in almost every chapter. Juan M Herrera said Awesome!. Awesomer!. Dr. Larry Ridley said The role of hip-hop in African American History.. An important treatise on the evolution, influence and role of Hip Hop in African American History/Culture.