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Author Campbell, Kermit Ernest, 1960-

Title Gettin' our groove on : rhetoric, language, and literacy for the hip hop generation / Kermit E. Campbell.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  427.08996 C152g 2005    ---  Available
Description xii, 195 p. ; 23 cm.
Series African American life series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171) and index.
Includes discography (p. 173-177) and filmography (179-180).
Contents Who you callin' "igno"? : in defense of the Black vernacular voice -- Representin' rhetoric in the vernacular : professing the power of the rap -- Can't knock the hustle? : the gangsta ethos from Stag-o-Lee to Snoop D-O-double-G -- The player's (book) club : ghetto realistic fiction from "His last day" to "Pimpology" -- They got game : African American students, hip hop, and literacy in the zone.
Subject African Americans -- Languages.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
Popular culture -- United States.
African Americans in literature.
Black English -- United States.
Literacy -- United States.
Hip-hop -- United States.
ISBN 081432925X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814329252 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2193529
NLGGC 272282634
NZ1 9115084
AU@ 000026640738

 
    
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