{"product_id":"the-hip-hop-wars-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-hip-hop-and-why-it-matters","title":"The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-and Why It Matters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_1FTz3 fggS- cell\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-hook=\"description-wrapper\" class=\"_2RbVQ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_3nbVj\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_3cRjW\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 17px;\"\u003eFra forlaget:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_3cRjW\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and ’hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hip-Hop Wars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hip-Hop Wars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e320 sider\u003cbr\u003eFormat 149 x 235 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9780465008971\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kontur Forlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42394961575979,"sku":"9780465008971","price":249.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3033\/6299\/files\/thehiphopwars_01.jpg?v=1760088183","url":"https:\/\/bokeriet.live\/products\/the-hip-hop-wars-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-hip-hop-and-why-it-matters","provider":"Bokeriet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}