LEADER 04285nam 2200661 450 001 9910453360203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8108-9263-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001164464 035 $a(EBL)1565735 035 $a(OCoLC)863670728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060364 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12461259 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060364 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11087140 035 $a(PQKB)10012835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1565735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1565735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10811200 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL546450 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001164464 100 $a20130729d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStreet lit $erepresenting the urban landscape /$fedited by Keenan Norris ; foreword by Omar Tyree 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cScarecrow Press, Inc.,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-9262-6 311 $a1-306-15199-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction: "street lit[erature] in America past and present" / by Keenan Norris -- Street literature in America past and present. "What is African-American literature?"/ by Gerald Early -- Gang wars: the academy vs. the streets / by Kemeshia Randle -- Early street lit: 1950s-1970s. Whose mean streets?: Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and the black noir aesthetic / by Bonnie Rhee Andreyeyev -- (Re)writing the "bad nigger" hero in Robert Beck's Pimp / by Dennis L. Winston -- Philadelphia negroes, pseudo-sociology, South Street and the life narrative of Malcolm X / interview with David Bradley -- Contemporary street lit: 1990s and 2000s. Saratoga Avenue / by Arisa White -- The history, power and graffiti art of Brazilian hip-hop / by Jaqueline Lima Santos and Ana Lu?cia Silva Souza -- Ggun(n) / by Arisa White -- Comparing the available female roles and the social contexts of Sula and The coldest winter ever / by Keenan Norris -- In their own words: street lit, code-meshing, and linguistic diversity / by Nikia Chaney -- Crucial churches / by Tristan Acker -- The art of storytellin : hip hop music and its cousin, street lit / by Khalid White -- Street literature: a contextualization, historiography and personal narrative / by Gerald Early -- Enigmas / by Sterling Warner -- Colson Whitehead's Zone one: post-apocalyptic zombies take over Manhattan in the age of nostalgia, despair, and consumption / by Kimberly Fain -- The method, madness and marketing of street lit / by Latoya Peterson -- A point west of Mount San Bernardino / by Juan Delgado -- Stories we might as well tell / interview with Lynel Gardner. 330 $aThis collection of articles, essays, interviews, and poems defines urban literature-street lit-and provides valuable insights into a cultural force that is fast becoming as important to the American literary scene as hip-hop has meant to music. Comprised of work by scholars, established authors, and new voices, Street Lit will connect with any reader wanting to grasp the significance of this sometimes controversial but unquestionably popular art form. 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCities and towns in literature 606 $aCity and town life in literature 606 $aStreet literature$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCities and towns in literature. 615 0$aCity and town life in literature. 615 0$aStreet literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.9355 701 $aNorris$b Keenan$0906103 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453360203321 996 $aStreet lit$92026615 997 $aUNINA