{"product_id":"9780786727193","title":"The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters","description":"Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, \u003ci\u003ehip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hip-Hop Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, \u003ci\u003eThe Hip-Hop Wars\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106950267120,"sku":"9780786727193","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786727193_p0.jpg?v=1763661070","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786727193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}