The new "role model" for the hip-hop generation : dissecting the hype to locate Eminem, Slim Shady, and Marshall Mathers through race relations, black cool, media coverage, and the search for hip-hop credibility

This thesis examines and analyzes the controversy around white rapper Eminem to inspect the way in which black and white theories of belonging function within an American context. The assumption behind the racial dichotomy that defines whites and blacks in oppositional positive and negative terms pr...

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Main Author: Fernandes, Denise
Other Authors: Straw, William (advisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2002
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29502