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Holler if you hear me : searching for Tupac Shakur
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Holler if you hear me : searching for Tupac Shakur

Author: Michael Eric Dyson
Publisher: New York : Basic Civitas Books, 2006, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Ten years after his murder, rap artist Tupac Shakur is even more loved, contested and celebrated than he was in life. His posthumously released albums, poetry, and movies still top the charts; he inspires countless plays, articles, and websites by fans and critics alike. Who was Tupac and why does he matter so much?" Here, "hip-hop intellectual" Michael Eric Dyson, acclaimed for his writing on Malcolm X and Martin  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Tupac Shakur
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Eric Dyson
ISBN: 0465017282 : 9780465017287
OCLC Number: 76874247
Description: 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Preface : "I always wanted to make a book out of my life" : in search of Tupac --
Childhood chains, adolescent aspirations. "Dear mama" : motherhood and a hood's mother ; "The son of a panther" : a postrevolutionary childhood ; "No Malcolm X in my history text" : school, learning, and Tupac's books --
Portraits of an artist. "Give me a paper and a pen" : Tupac's place in hip-hop ; "For all the real niggas out there" : authenticity blues --
Bodies and beliefs. "Do we hate our women?" : female per versions ; "But do the Lord care?" : God, suffering, compassion, and death in the ghetto ; "I got your name tatted on my arm" : reading the black body --
Epilogue : "How long will they mourn me?" : posthumous presences of a ghetto saint.
Responsibility: Michael Eric Dyson ; [with a new preface by the author].

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A wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him  Read more...

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"Dyson writes, trying to canonize Pac for ghetto sainthood. So let he who has ears, hear. And holler."

 
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