To live and defy in LA : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.
To live and defy in LA : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.
To live and defy in LA : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/3101
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: They don't even know -- The Batterram -- Hardcore L.A. -- The boys in the hood are always hard -- Somebody's gonna pay attention -- Without a gun and a badge -- Conclusion: L.A County blues.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters," whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore"-...
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To live and defy in LA : how gangsta rap changed America / Felicia Angeja Viator.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/3101
Record Identifier
74VKaqNjrxK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaqNjrxK3
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ISBN
9780674976368
DDC
306.4842490979494
MMS ID
991024328518502626
