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Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me

Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me

Por Jackson, Bruce

Publicado por State University of New York Press

English 372 páginas 2024
Tiempo de lectura estimado: 6 h 49 min
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The classic work on African American toasts, the predecessor of rap. Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me celebrates the African American oral tradition of toasting, one of the key roots of contemporary rap. Jackson was among the few to appreciate the profane energy and beauty of this rhymed form, collecting such classic toasts as "Stackolee," "The Titanic," "Signifying Monkey," "Dance of the Freaks," and dozens more. This unexpurgated edition offers the raw, vibrant, and still startling imagery of these toasts shaped by decades of oral transmission through the voices of countless rhymers. Just like rap, the toasting tradition enabled previously unheard or stifled topics, including racism, sexual exploitation, economic deprivation, and social oppression, to be expressed in a form that embodied multiple layers of meaning. Jackson helped preserve a rapidly dying art form to ensure that it would be available for many generations to come. In the words of Robin D.G. Kelley, "All you Hip Hop heads need to know this book if you want to know your roots."

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Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me está disponible como PDF en 9 librerías online.
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A un ritmo de lectura medio, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me se lee en unas 6 h 49 min (372 páginas).

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