In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Hip Hop: African American Cultural Theory - Couverture rigide

Pate, Alexs

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ISBN 10 : 0810860082 ISBN 13 : 9780810860087

Editeur : Scarecrow Press, 2009

Synopsis

Despite its extraordinary popularity and worldwide influence, the world of rap and hip hop is under constant attack. Impressions and interpretations of its meaning and power are perpetually being challenged. Somewhere someone is bemoaning the negative impact of rap music on contemporary culture. In In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap, bestselling author and scholar Alexs Pate argues for a fresh understanding of rap as an example of powerful and effective poetry, rather than a negative cultural phenomenon.

Pate articulates a way of reading rap that makes visible both its contemporary and historical literary values. He encourages the reader to step beyond the dominance of the beat and the raw language and come to an appreciation of rap's literary and poetic dimensions. What emerges is a vision of rap as an exemplary form of literary expression, rather than a profane and trendy musical genre. Pate focuses on works by several well-known artists to reveal in rap music, despite its penchant for vulgarity, a power and beauty that is the heart of great literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexs Pate is Associate Professor of African American and African studies at the University of Minnesota. Pate is the best-selling author of Amistad: A Novel Based on the Screenplay and Losing Absalom, which received a Minnesota Book Award and was named Best First Novel by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scarecrow Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810860082
• ISBN 13: 9780810860087
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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