TY - BOOK AU - Potter,Russell A. TI - Spectacular vernaculars: hip-hop and the politics of postmodernism T2 - SUNY series in postmodern culture SN - 0791426254 AV - ML3531 .P68 1995 U1 - 782.42164 20 PY - 1995///] CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Rap (Music) KW - Political aspects KW - Postmodernism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction - Coming to Terms: Rap Music as Radical Postmodernism --; Ch. 1; Gettin' Present as an Art: A Signifyin(g) Hipstory of Hip-hop --; Ch. 2; Postmodernity and the Hip-hop Vernacular --; Ch. 3; The Pulse of the Rhyme Flow: Hip-hop Signifyin(g) and the Politics of Reception --; Ch. 4; History - Spectacle - Resistance --; Ch. 5; "Are You Afraid of the Mix of Black and White?" Hip-hop and the Spectacular Politics of Race --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index ER -