Talking 'Bout Your Mama The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap |
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| Author:
| Wald, Elijah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-989540-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In Talking 'Bout Your Mama, Elijah Wald has turned his attention to the deep roots of rap in American culture with a wide-ranging look a street tradition called "the dozens," where African American music began. Wald traces the form and its variations throughout more than a century of African American culture and music, from minstrelsy and the blues through to jazz and hip-hop. As a forbidden language beneath the surface of American popular culture, the dozens links children's clapping...
More DescriptionIn Talking 'Bout Your Mama, Elijah Wald has turned his attention to the deep roots of rap in American culture with a wide-ranging look a street tradition called "the dozens," where African American music began. Wald traces the form and its variations throughout more than a century of African American culture and music, from minstrelsy and the blues through to jazz and hip-hop. As a forbidden language beneath the surface of American popular culture, the dozens links children's clapping rhymes to low-down juke joints and the most modern street verse to the earliest African American folklore. Edgy, funny, and bizarre, Talking 'Bout Your Mama is a fascinating journey to a tradition at the heart of modern culture.