H Samy Alim: 2 books
Roc the Mic Right
The Language of Hip Hop Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim then focuses on discursive practices, such as...
Articulate While Black
Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age. Without missing a beat, he often moves between Washington insider talk and culturally Black ways of speaking--as shown in a famous YouTube clip, where Obama declined the change offered to him by a Black...