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Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics Hardback - 2015

by Lakeyta M. Bonnette

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Hip-Hop music encompasses an extraordinarily diverse range of approaches to politics. Some rap and Hip-Hop artists engage directly with elections and social justice organizations; others may use their platform to call out discrimination, poverty, sexism, racism, police brutality, and other social ills. In Pulse of the People, Lakeyta M. Bonnette illustrates the ways rap music serves as a vehicle for the expression and advancement of the political thoughts of urban Blacks, a population frequently marginalized in American society and alienated from electoral politics.

Pulse of the People lays a foundation for the study of political rap music and public opinion research and demonstrates ways in which political attitudes asserted in the music have been transformed into direct action and behavior of constituents. Bonnette examines the history of rap music and its relationship to and extension from other cultural and political vehicles in Black America, presenting criteria for identifying the specific subgenre of music that is political rap. She complements the statistics of rap music exposure with lyrical analysis of rap songs that espouse Black Nationalist and Black Feminist attitudes. Touching on a number of critical moments in American racial politics--including the 2008 and 2012 elections and the cases of the Jena 6, Troy Davis, and Trayvon Martin--Pulse of the People makes a compelling case for the influence of rap music in the political arena and greatly expands our understanding of the ways political ideologies and public opinion are formed.

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  • Title Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics
  • Author Lakeyta M. Bonnette
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Publication date 2015-04-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780812246841 / 0812246845
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Political
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Politics and government, African Americans - Attitudes - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014040779
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421

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Lakeyta M. Bonnette is Associate Professor of American Politics and Political Science at Georgia State University-Atlanta.

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