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100 1 $aDyson, Michael Eric.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93018968
245 10 $aBetween God and gangsta rap :$bbearing witness to Black culture /$cMichael Eric Dyson.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1996.
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300 $axx, 218 pages ;$c21 cm
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500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aA former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for the concerns of the black community, and also a leader who has a genuine rapport with that community, particularly with urban youth. In his essays, lectures, sermons, and books, he has emerged as one of the leading African-American voices of our day.
520 8 $aThere is a section of wonderful profiles Dyson calls "Testimonials" - studies of black men, from O. J. Simpson to Marion Barry, and from Baptist preacher Gardner Taylor to Michael Jordan and Sam Cooke. In "Obsessed with O. J.," Dyson offers an extremely personal and insightful series of reflections on the case. In "Lessons," Dyson takes up the subjects of politics and racial identity.
520 8 $aNewt Gingrich and moral panic, Qubilah Shabazz, Carol Moseley Braun, the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X all figure in these insightful and accessible pieces. And "Songs of Celebration" draws from Dyson's writings for the popular press such as Rolling Stone and Vibe, and explores the joys and pitfalls of black expression, from the black vernacular bible to gospel music, R & B, and hip-hop. Dyson concludes with an essay framed as a letter to his wife, which offers a positive counterbalance to the opening address to his brother.
520 8 $aThe letter serves as a tribute to the redemptive powers of love, the black family, spirit, and change. Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be found in the interstices - between god and gangsta rap - Dyson charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past decade. As a compendium of his thinking about contemporary culture Between God and Gangsta Rap will find a wide audience among black and white readers.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions$y1975-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001986
650 0 $aAfrican American arts.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001795
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