The mark of criminality : rhetoric, race, and gangsta rap in the war-on-crime era /

McCann, Bryan J.

The mark of criminality : rhetoric, race, and gangsta rap in the war-on-crime era / Bryan J. McCann. - Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (pages cm).

Includes bibliographies and index.

Figures; Preface: The White Boy Listens to Gangsta Rap; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era; 1. The Horrors and Heroics of Crime; or, Mapping the Mark of Criminality; 2. Parody, Space, and Violence in NWA's Straight Outta Compton; 3. Leisure, Style, and Terror in the G-Funk Era; 4. The Politics, Commerce, and Rage of "Thug Life"; Conclusion: A Politics of Criminality?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.



9780817391171


Crime in music.
African Americans--Social conditions--History--20th century.
Gangsta rap (Music)--History and criticism.


Electronic Books.

ML3531 / .M375 2017