The dozens : a history of rap's mama /

Following his groundbreaking explorations of the blues and American popular music in Escaping the Delta and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll, Elijah Wald turns his attention to the tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long bef...

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Main Author: Wald, Elijah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
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Summary:Following his groundbreaking explorations of the blues and American popular music in Escaping the Delta and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll, Elijah Wald turns his attention to the tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long before rap: the viciously funny, outrageously inventive insult game called "the dozens."At its simplest, the dozens is a comic concatenation of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered vernacu.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199895410 (electronic bk.)
0199895414 (electronic bk.)