| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction: They don't even know -- The Batterram -- Hardcore L.A. -- The boys in the hood are always hard -- Somebody's gonna pay attention -- Without a gun and a badge -- Conclusion: L.A County blues |
| Summary |
"In its early days, rap was understood as the poetry of the "inner city," which usually meant New York. Few expected anything as hard-edged as gangsta rap to emerge from Los Angeles, home of surf and sun. Felicia Viator tells the story of LA's self-styled "ghetto reporters," whose music forced America to see an urban crisis it preferred to ignore"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gangsta rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Gangsta rap (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism.
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Inner cities -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Urban youth -- California -- Los Angeles.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture |
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Gangsta rap (Music) |
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Inner cities |
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Urban youth |
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California -- Los Angeles https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWYmJkDYcpGWYVDfWxDq |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Viator, Felicia Angeja, 1978- To live and defy in LA. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020 9780674976368 (DLC) 2019040585 (OCoLC)1111380132 |
| ISBN |
9780674245853 electronic bk. |
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0674245857 electronic bk. |
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9780674245839 electronic bk. |
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0674245830 electronic bk. |
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9780674976368 |
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0674976363 |
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