That's the Joint!

The Hip-Hop Studies Reader

Edited by Mark Anthony Neal, Murray Forman

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About the Book

Assembled with great care by Mark Anthony Neal, hailed as "one of the most brilliant cultural critics of his generation" (Chicago Sun Times), and fellow hip-hop scholar Murray Forman, That's the Joint is the first to attempt to present the most important 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," gender, revolutionary politics, aesthetics, technologies of production, hip-hop as a cultural industry, and much more.


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About the Author(s)

Murray Forman is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. He is author of The 'Hood Comes First (Wesleyan University Press, 2002).

Mark Anthony Neal is Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African-American Studies at Duke University. Neal is the author of What the Music Said, Soul Babies, and Songs in the Key of Black Life, all published by Routledge.