{"product_id":"k-for-the-way-dj-rhetoric-and-literacy-for-21st-century-writing-studies-9781646424832","title":"\"K for the Way\": DJ Rhetoric and Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"K for the Way\"\u003c\/i\u003e explores writing, rhetoric, and literacy from the perspective of the Hip Hop DJ. Todd Craig, a DJ himself, establishes and investigates the function of DJ rhetoric and literacy, illuminating the DJ as a fruitful example for (re)envisioning approaches to writing, research, and analysis in contemporary educational settings. Because it is widely recognized that the DJ was the catalyst for the creation of Hip Hop culture, this book begins a new conversation in which Hip Hop DJs introduce ideas about poetics and language formation through the modes, practices, and techniques they engage in on a daily basis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using material from a larger qualitative research study that illustrates the Hip Hop DJ as a twenty-first-century new media reader, writer, and literary critic, Craig blends interviews from prominent and influential DJs in the Hip Hop community with narrative and interdisciplinary scholarship from writing studies, Hip Hop studies, African American studies, urban education, and ethnomusicology. The voices of DJs sit front and center, presenting a revolutionary conversation about writing and communication in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving Craig's life experiences with important discussions of racial literacies, \"\u003ci\u003eK for the Way\"\u003c\/i\u003e is a layered and utterly singular exploration of culture, identity, and literacy in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Craig\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor at the City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches in the African American Studies Department at New York City College of Technology and in the English Department at the Graduate Center. A writer, educator, and DJ whose career meshes his love of writing, teaching, and music, he is the author of the multimodal novel \u003ci\u003etor'cha\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has been published in \u003ci\u003eStaten Island Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Across Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fiction International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Radical Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Killens Review of Arts and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Modern Language Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Changing English\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kairos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Composition Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Sounding Out!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Utah State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488201314578,"sku":"9781646424832","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_996bdb39-11e1-4c57-8ef5-dd31e50a2237.jpg?v=1730471849","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/k-for-the-way-dj-rhetoric-and-literacy-for-21st-century-writing-studies-9781646424832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}