Spectacular Vernaculars - Hip-Hop and the Politics of Postmodernism

Viewing hip-hop as the postmodern successor to African American culture's Jazz modernism, this book examines hip-hop music's role in the history of the African-American experience.

About the author

Russell A. Potter is Assistant Professor of English at Colby College. He hosts a weekly radio program, Roots-n-Rap, in Waterville, Maine.

Product details

• Authors: Russell a Potter, Russell A. Potter
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.1995
• EAN: 9780791426258
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-2625-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Suny Series in Dream Studies; Suny Postmodern Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology