Talking 'Bout Your Mama The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap |
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| Author:
| Wald, Elijah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-939404-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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In Talking About Your Mama, Elijah Wald has turned his attention to the deep roots of rap in American culture with a wide-ranging look a street tradition called "the dozens," where African American music began. Wald traces the form and its variations throughout more than a century of African American culture and music, from minstrelsy and the blues through to jazz and hip-hop.
In Talking About Your Mama, Elijah Wald has turned his attention to the deep roots of rap in American culture with a wide-ranging look a street tradition called "the dozens," where African American music began. Wald traces the form and its variations throughout more than a century of African American culture and music, from minstrelsy and the blues through to jazz and hip-hop.