Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics by Spence, Lest

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Book Title
Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics
ISBN
9780816669882
Subject Area
Music, Social Science
Publication Name
Stare in the Darkness : the Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Subject
Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Lester K. Spence
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816669880
ISBN-13
9780816669882
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99641281

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Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Stare in the Darkness : the Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Type
Textbook
Author
Lester K. Spence
Subject Area
Music, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-032606
Reviews
" Stare in the Darkness offers brilliant insight into the political realities of contemporary black life. More importantly though, Stare in the Darkness is remixed, chopped and screwed in ways that hip-hop heads will certainly love and more than a few social scientists will find great value in." -Mark Anthony Neal, coeditor of That's the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, "In Stare in the Darkness , Lester K. Spence brings an essential degree of clarity and precision to our understandings of popular culture and political expression. This book is engaging and nuanced, and it will enrich in an original fashion our understanding of hip-hop as well as black politics." --Richard Iton, author of In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era, " Stare in the Darkness offers brilliant insight into the political realities of contemporary black life. More importantly though, Stare in the Darkness is remixed, chopped and screwed in ways that hip-hop heads will certainly love and more than a few social scientists will find great value in." --Mark Anthony Neal, coeditor of That's the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, "In Stare in the Darkness , Lester K. Spence brings an essential degree of clarity and precision to our understandings of popular culture and political expression. This book is engaging and nuanced, and it will enrich in an original fashion our understanding of hip-hop as well as black politics." -Richard Iton, author of In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.896/073
Table Of Content
Introduction: Follow Me into a Solo 1. In This Journey You're the Journalist: Rap Lyrics, Neoliberalism, and the Black Parallel Public 2. A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous: Consuming Rap and Political Attitudes 3. Follow the Leader: Hip-hop Activism and the Circulation of Black Politics 4. Put Here to be Much More than That: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Kilpatrick Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Hip-hop Politics Acknowledgments Appendix A. Political Platforms for the Hip-hop Social Action Network (HSAN) and the Black Panther Party Appendix B. National Hip-hop Convention (NHHPC) Agenda, 2004 Appendix C. Top Hip-hop Albums for the Week of Dec. 1, 2006 Appendix D: Ownership of Top Market Urban/Urban Adult Contemporary Radio Stations Notes Bibliography Discography Index
Synopsis
Rap's critique of police brutality in the 1980s. The Hip Hop Political Convention. The rise (and fall) of Kwame Kilpatrick, the "hip-hop mayor" of Detroit. Barack Obama echoing the body language of Jay-Z on the campaign trail. A growing number of black activists and artists claim that rap and hip-hop are the basis of an influential new urban social movement. Simultaneously, black citizens evince concern with the effect that rap and hip-hop culture exerts on African American communities. According to a recent Pew survey conducted on the opinions of Black Americans, 71 percent of blacks think that rap is a bad influence. To what extent are African American hopes and fears about hip-hop's potential political power justified? In Stare in the Darkness , Lester K. Spence answers this question using a blend of neoliberal analysis, survey data, experiments, and case studies. Spence finds that rap does in fact influence black political attitudes. However, rap also reproduces rather than critiques neoliberal ideology. Furthermore, black activists seeking to create an innovative model of hip-hop politics are hamstrung by their reliance on outmoded forms of organizing. By considering the possibilities inherent in the most prolific and prominent activities of hip-hop politics, Stare in the Darkness reveals, in a clear and practical manner, the political consequences of rap culture for black publics.
LC Classification Number
E185.86.S687 2011

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