The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-On-Crime Era

by Bryan J McCann

Book Overview

Illustrates the ways that the "war on crime" became conjoined--aesthetically, politically, and rhetorically--with the emergence of gangsta rap as a lucrative and deeply controversial subgenre of hip-hop

In The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era, Bryan J. McCann argues that gangsta rap should be viewed as more than a damaging reinforcement of an era's worst racial stereotypes. Rather,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817359486
• ISBN13: 9780817359485
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Dimensions: 20.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"