Description
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 legendary hoopsters, streetwise hustlers and influential filmmakers, unsung musicians and drug dealers at work.
Author: Nelson George
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.54w x 0.98d
ISBN13: 9780306810275
ISBN10: 0306810271
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Art | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
Author: Nelson George
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.54w x 0.98d
ISBN13: 9780306810275
ISBN10: 0306810271
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Art | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
About the Author
Nelson George is the award-winning author of a dozen books, including the memoir City Kid and the classic Hip Hop America. He was born in Brooklyn, where he still lives.