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To live and defy in LA how gangsta rap changed America
"In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters,&...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters," whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674245853 0674245857 9780674245839 0674245830 |