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24 produkter
Hip Hop America
Häftad, 2005
197 kr
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From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.
The Hippest Trip in America
Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
Häftad, 2015
275 kr
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Hippest Trip in America
Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
E-bok, 2014
103 kr
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An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, "the most accomplished black music critic of his generation" (Washington Post Book World).When it debuted in October 1971, …
Post-soul Nation
The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, And Tragic 1980s as Experienced by African Americans
Häftad, 2005
307 kr
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Buppies, B-boys, Baps, And Bohos
Notes On Post-soul Black Culture
Häftad, 2001
212 kr
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In this new and expanded edition of Nelson George's classic cultural study, contemporary black culture is chronicled through essays on music, film, sports, publishing, politics and city life, both uptown and down. "Buppies" enters nearly every arena of the black urban USA: roisterous rappers and …
The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul
Häftad, 2008
356 kr
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Hip Hop America
E-bok, 2005
177 kr
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From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media. From the Trade Paperback edition.
City Kid
A Writer''s Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success
E-bok, 2009
164 kr
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" City Kid is perhaps one of the seven greatest books ever written. It has the realness of The Autobiography of Malcolm X , the warmth of The Color Purple , and the page count of Tuesdays with Morrie . It''s a must read."-Chris Rock From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit …
Death of Rhythm and Blues
E-bok, 2003
164 kr
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From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a …
Brooklyn Bohemians: How a Generation of Funky, Fly, Soon-To-Be-Famous Black Artists Changed American Culture
Inbunden, 2027
363 kr
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James Brown Reader
Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul
E-bok, 2008
79 kr
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Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown embodied rhythm and blues, funk and soul, and …
Post-Soul Nation
The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s as Experienced by African Americans (Previously Known as Blacks and Before That Negroes)
E-bok, 2005
235 kr
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One of the foremost chroniclers of the contemporary black experience offers an undeluded perspective on the 1980s. Here are crack, AIDS, and the Reagan rollback of the major advances of the civil rights movement. But Nelson George also shows how black performers, athletes, and activists made …
Plot against Hip Hop
A Novel
Ljudbok, 2014
253 kr
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The Plot against Hip Hop is a noir novel set in the world of hip-hop culture. The fatal stabbing of esteemed music critic Dwayne Robinson in a Soho office building is dismissed by the NYPD as a gang initiation. But his old friend, bodyguard and security expert D Hunter, suspects there are larger …
Lost Treasures of R&B
Ljudbok, 2015
248 kr
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Professional bodyguard D Hunter takes a gig protecting rapper Asya Roc at an underground fight club in poverty-stricken Brownsville, Brooklyn. Unknown to D, the rapper has arranged to purchase illegal guns at the event. An acquaintance of D''s from the streets, Ice, turns out to be the courier. …
Lost Treasures of R&B
E-bok, 2015
165 kr
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D Hunter, bodyguard-turned-PI, is back, investigating a murder that lures him into the heart of rhythm-and-blues history.—Nominated for the Brooklyn Public Library''s Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize for Fiction"This is a fine mystery and [protagonist] D Hunter is as world weary, yet steadfast, as …
Accidental Hunter
E-bok, 2015
148 kr
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A gritty mystery set against the backdrop of New York''s hip-hop music culture: "A real page-turner." —PopMatters A security specialist who thrives off of Manhattan''s nightlife, D Hunter is the man people turn to when they need help without drawing the attention of the NYPD. When a rising R&B star …
