The dozens : a history of rap's mama /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wald, Elijah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
Subjects:
African American wit and humor.
Invective > Humor.
Dozens (Game)
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Rap (Music)
African Americans > Music.
Literature.
Social Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A Trip down Twelfth Street
  • The Name of the Game
  • Singing the Dozens
  • Country Dozens and Dirty Blues
  • The Literary Dozens
  • Studying the Street
  • The Martial Art of Rhyming
  • Around the World with Your Mother
  • African Roots
  • Slipping Across the Color Line
  • Why Do They (We) Do That?
  • Rapping, Snapping, and Battling.