{"product_id":"thats-the-joint-the-hip-hop-studies-reader-9780415873260","title":"That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis newly expanded and revised second edition of \u003cem\u003eThat's the Joint!\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume. Presented thematically, the selections address the history of hip-hop, identity politics of the \"hip-hop nation,\" debates of \"street authenticity,\" social movements and activism, aesthetics, technologies of production, hip-hop as a cultural industry, and much more. Further, this new edition also includes greater coverage of gender, racial diversity in hip-hop, hip-hop's global influences, and examines hip-hop's role in contemporary politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith pedagogical features including author biographies, headnotes summarizing key points of articles, and discussion questions, \u003cem\u003eThat's the Joint!\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone seeking deeper understanding of the profound impact of hip-hop as an intellectual, aesthetic, and cultural movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurray Forman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop\u003c\/em\u003e (Wesleyan University Press, 2002) and the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eOne Night on TV is Worth Weeks at the Paramount: Popular Music on Early Television\u003c\/em\u003e (Duke University Press, 2012). He is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Anthony Neal\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University. He is the author of four books, \u003cem\u003eWhat the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture \u003c\/em\u003e(1998), \u003cem\u003eSoul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic \u003c\/em\u003e(2002)\u003cem\u003e, Songs in the Keys of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation \u003c\/em\u003e(2003), \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNew Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), all published by Routledge. Neal hosts the weekly webcast, \"Left of Black\" in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University. A frequent commentator for National Public Radio, Neal maintains a blog at NewBlackMan (http: \/\/newblackman.blogspot.com). You can follow him on Twitter @NewBlackMan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844451668242,"sku":"9780415873260","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e5970f7-cc65-41b9-9a74-7ad1e886acbe.jpg?v=1737321496","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thats-the-joint-the-hip-hop-studies-reader-9780415873260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}