In the heart of the beat [electronic resource] : the poetry of rap / Alexs Pate.
Series: African American cultural theory and heritage2010Description: xxxiii, 142 pISBN:- 9780810860087 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0810860082 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780810861459 (ebook)
- 0810861453 (ebook)
- 782.421649 22
- ML3531 .P38 2010eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Say what? -- A matter of life : a brief discussion -- From the streets : coloring the multicultural black -- Defining rap/poetry -- Where you from? : local, young, and uncensored -- Toward a critical reading of rap/poetry -- The elements of rap/poetry -- The aesthetics : a summary.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.