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Enter the Babylon System

Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent

Enter the Babylon System( )
Author: Bascunan, Rodrigo
Pearce, Christian
ISBN:978-0-679-31389-2
Publication Date:Nov 2007
Publisher:Random House of Canada
Imprint:Vintage Canada
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.00
Book Description:

A docu-style investigation of our fascination with the gun, from the perspective of the hip-hop generation. The 2003 shooting death of Toronto community-centre worker Kempton Howard put the spotlight on hip hop's fixation with guns. Media and police soon blamed rap music and its tales of gang life on bullet-ridden US streets for the rising use of firearms in Canadian crime. Were these songs artful accounts of a terrible truth, or a self-fulfilling prophecy? ...
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Book Details
Pages:368
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / Weapons
Music / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
Social Science / Popular Culture
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.09 x 9.17 x 0.92 Inches
Book Weight:0.885 Pounds



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