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050		4	_aHV5825 _b.B62 2012
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100	1		_aBogazianos, Dimitri A.
245	1	0	_a5 grams _h[electronic resource] : _bcrack cocaine, rap music, and the war on drugs / _cDimitri A. Bogazianos.
246	3		_aFive grams
260			_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 206 p.
490	1		_aAlternative criminology series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law repealing one of the most controversial policies in American criminal justice history: the one hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder whereby someone convicted of "simply" possessing five grams of crack--the equivalent of a few sugar packets--had been required by law to serve no less than five years in prison. In this highly original work, Dimitri A. Bogazianos draws on various sources to examine the profound consequences of America's reliance on this punishment structure, tracing the rich cultural linkages between America's War on Drugs, and the creative contributions of those directly affected by its destructive effects. Focusing primarily on lyrics that emerged in 1990s New York rap, which critiqued the music industry for being corrupt, unjust, and criminal, Bogazianos shows how many rappers began drawing parallels between the "rap game" and the "crack game." He argues that the symbolism of crack in rap's stance towards its own commercialization represents a moral debate that is far bigger than hip hop culture, highlighting the degree to which crack cocaine--although a drug long in decline--has come to represent the entire paradoxical predicament of punishment in the U.S. today."-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aDrug control _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCrack (Drug) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSentences (Criminal procedure) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aNarcotic laws _zUnited States.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aAlternative criminology series.
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