Who Got the Camera? : : A History of Rap and Reality / / Eric Harvey.

Reality first appeared in the late 1980s—in the sense not of real life but rather of the TV entertainment genre inaugurated by shows such as Cops and America’s Most Wanted; the daytime gabfests of Geraldo, Oprah, and Donahue; and the tabloid news of A Current Affair. In a bracing work of cultural cr...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:American Music Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (343 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface: Eavesdropping
  • Introduction: The Strength of Street Knowledge
  • 1. Peace Is a Dream, Reality Is a Knife
  • 2. Don’t Quote Me, Boy, ’Cause I Ain’t Said Shit
  • 3. Get Me the Hell Away from This TV
  • 4. I’m Gonna Treat You Like King!
  • 5. Who Got the Camera?
  • 6. Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Real
  • 7. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
  • Conclusion: Deeper Than Rap
  • Notes
  • Index