TY - BOOK AU - McCann,Bryan J. TI - The mark of criminality: rhetoric, race, and gangsta rap in the war-on-crime era SN - 9780817391171 AV - ML3531 .M375 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - The University of Alabama Press KW - Crime in music KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Gangsta rap (Music) KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1518632&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -