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free-speech advocates
hip hop
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poetry for the next society
polemical essay
political correctness wars
postmodern literary criticism
rap music
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university system
urban expression
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Product details
- ISBN 9780226035215
- Weight: 170g
- Dimensions: 13 x 20mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 1995
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this explosive book, Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expression—rap. A frank, polemical essay, Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap. Written in the midst of the political correctness wars and in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots, Baker's meditation on the academy and black urban expression has generated much controversy and comment from both ends of the political spectrum.
