Street lit : representing the urban landscape / edited by Keenan Norris ; foreword by Omar Tyree.

Contributor(s): Norris, KeenanMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2014Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780810892637Subject(s): African Americans in literature | American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Cities and towns in literature | City and town life in literature | Street literature -- United States -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Street lit : representing the urban landscape.DDC classification: 810.9355 LOC classification: PS228.C54 | S88 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: "street lit[erature] in America past and present" / by Keenan Norris -- Street literature in America past and present. "What is African-American literature?"/ by Gerald Early -- Gang wars: the academy vs. the streets / by Kemeshia Randle -- Early street lit: 1950s-1970s. Whose mean streets?: Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and the black noir aesthetic / by Bonnie Rhee Andreyeyev -- (Re)writing the "bad nigger" hero in Robert Beck's Pimp / by Dennis L. Winston -- Philadelphia negroes, pseudo-sociology, South Street and the life narrative of Malcolm X / interview with David Bradley -- Contemporary street lit: 1990s and 2000s. Saratoga Avenue / by Arisa White -- The history, power and graffiti art of Brazilian hip-hop / by Jaqueline Lima Santos and Ana Lucia Silva Souza -- Ggun(n) / by Arisa White -- Comparing the available female roles and the social contexts of Sula and The coldest winter ever / by Keenan Norris -- In their own words: street lit, code-meshing, and linguistic diversity / by Nikia Chaney -- Crucial churches / by Tristan Acker -- The art of storytellin : hip hop music and its cousin, street lit / by Khalid White -- Street literature: a contextualization, historiography and personal narrative / by Gerald Early -- Enigmas / by Sterling Warner -- Colson Whitehead's Zone one: post-apocalyptic zombies take over Manhattan in the age of nostalgia, despair, and consumption / by Kimberly Fain -- The method, madness and marketing of street lit / by Latoya Peterson -- A point west of Mount San Bernardino / by Juan Delgado -- Stories we might as well tell / interview with Lynel Gardner.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "street lit[erature] in America past and present" / by Keenan Norris -- Street literature in America past and present. "What is African-American literature?"/ by Gerald Early -- Gang wars: the academy vs. the streets / by Kemeshia Randle -- Early street lit: 1950s-1970s. Whose mean streets?: Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and the black noir aesthetic / by Bonnie Rhee Andreyeyev -- (Re)writing the "bad nigger" hero in Robert Beck's Pimp / by Dennis L. Winston -- Philadelphia negroes, pseudo-sociology, South Street and the life narrative of Malcolm X / interview with David Bradley -- Contemporary street lit: 1990s and 2000s. Saratoga Avenue / by Arisa White -- The history, power and graffiti art of Brazilian hip-hop / by Jaqueline Lima Santos and Ana Lucia Silva Souza -- Ggun(n) / by Arisa White -- Comparing the available female roles and the social contexts of Sula and The coldest winter ever / by Keenan Norris -- In their own words: street lit, code-meshing, and linguistic diversity / by Nikia Chaney -- Crucial churches / by Tristan Acker -- The art of storytellin : hip hop music and its cousin, street lit / by Khalid White -- Street literature: a contextualization, historiography and personal narrative / by Gerald Early -- Enigmas / by Sterling Warner -- Colson Whitehead's Zone one: post-apocalyptic zombies take over Manhattan in the age of nostalgia, despair, and consumption / by Kimberly Fain -- The method, madness and marketing of street lit / by Latoya Peterson -- A point west of Mount San Bernardino / by Juan Delgado -- Stories we might as well tell / interview with Lynel Gardner.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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