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| Format physique additionnel : | Online version: Dyson, Michael Eric. Between God and gangsta rap. New York : Oxford Unviersity Press, 1996 (OCoLC)604913572 |
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| Format : | Livre |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Michael Eric Dyson |
| ISBN : | 0195098986 9780195098983 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 32704883 |
| Notes : | Includes index. |
| Description : | xx, 218 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Responsabilité : | Michael Eric Dyson. |
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Résumé :
There is a section of wonderful profiles Dyson calls "Testimonials" - studies of black men, from O. J. Simpson to Marion Barry, and from Baptist preacher Gardner Taylor to Michael Jordan and Sam Cooke. In "Obsessed with O. J.," Dyson offers an extremely personal and insightful series of reflections on the case. In "Lessons," Dyson takes up the subjects of politics and racial identity. Newt Gingrich and moral panic, Qubilah Shabazz, Carol Moseley Braun, the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X all figure in these insightful and accessible pieces. And "Songs of Celebration" draws from Dyson's writings for the popular press such as Rolling Stone and Vibe, and explores the joys and pitfalls of black expression, from the black vernacular bible to gospel music, R & B, and hip-hop. Dyson concludes with an essay framed as a letter to his wife, which offers a positive counterbalance to the opening address to his brother.
The letter serves as a tribute to the redemptive powers of love, the black family, spirit, and change. Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be found in the interstices - between god and gangsta rap - Dyson charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past decade. As a compendium of his thinking about contemporary culture Between God and Gangsta Rap will find a wide audience among black and white readers.
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