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| Title | : | Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0880012552 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
From Publishers Weekly Based primarily on the authors' experiences hanging out with the owners of a small rap music production company, the first part of this long essay on understanding rap describes the setting in which this subversive music has arisen--the urban ghetto, in this case, the North Dorchester section of Boston. But away from the stark truths of reportage, the authors--Costello is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan; Wallace wrote the novel The Broom of the System --often get mired in theoretical hyperbole and digression. . The music similarly remains for whites, assert the authors, "like little more than looking at something venomous in a tightly closed jar." Much of the book is devoted to a critical explication and validation of rap, including literary and historical analysis, placing it, for instance, in the context of African oral tradition. They claim to be the first whites to appreciate its po
DFW's gone but not as far as Schooly D's career. This text is now back in wider circulation because of an uptick in Pale King sales. It was a quick and easy read compared to other DFW work, but remarkably less funny. The only humor is realizing that Costello and Wallace are handing off the mic between chapters like two amiable MCs.. Andrew Lindemann Malone said Outdated but occasionally still insightful. David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello are too cute by half in this book, and it is horribly out of date. (Just to give an idea, A Tribe Called Quest, who were considered an elder statesman group when they broke up two years ago, had not yet released an album when this book was published.) But most of the analysi. Bradley A. Johns said Oldie but a Goldie. Yes this book is outdated, and yes this book is wordy, but thats what makes it so great. This is an exploration of two nerdy white guys resting on the cusp of what we now know was an cultural explosion, and one which they seem to have known, though at the time it had nothing to do with them that it soon would hav
The author of Infinite Jest and his co-writer discuss rap and popular culture, power, money, racial politics, and language in the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. "Brilliantly written (with) great wit, insight, and in-your-face energy."--Review of Contemporary Fiction.
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