Hip hop as philosophical text and testimony : can I get a witness?

Hip hop as philosophical text and testimony : can I get a witness? / Lissa Skitolsky.

Author/creator	Skitolsky, Lissa, 1974- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
Description	xiii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Hip-hop--Social aspects --United States. Culture conflict--United States. African Americans--Social conditions. Racism--United States. Violence--United States. Hip-hop--Philosophy.

Series	Philosophy of race Philosophy of race. ^A1343997
Contents	Introduction: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop -- Know What I'm Sayin? -- Can I Get a Witness? -- Claimin I'm a Criminal -- But You Don't Hear Me Tho -- You Feel Me? -- Fuck Tha Police -- Conclusion: The Aesthetic Politics of Underground Hip-Hop.
Abstract	"The author defends the philosophical value of underground hip-hop through illustrating how the culture significantly contributes to debates in multiple academic fields. She also examines the exclusion of hip-hop from discourses on knowledge, racism, genocide and trauma as a reflection of the neoliberal sensibility that hip-hop exposes and opposes"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Skitolsky, Lissa, 1974- Hip hop as philosophical text and testimony Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020] 9781498566711
LCCN	2020040567
ISBN	9781498566704 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1498566707 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	9781498566728 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	1498566723 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN	electronic publication

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HN90 .S62 S595 2020	✔ Available	Place Hold