Elijah Wald. 2015. Talking ’Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap

Authors

  • Lee Watkins Rhodes University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.33551

Keywords:

African Americans, the dozens, hip hop, rap, the United States

Abstract

Elijah Wald. 2015. Talking ’Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap. New York: Oxford University Press. 244pp. ISBN 9-780-199-39404-3 (pbk). $17.95.

Author Biography

  • Lee Watkins, Rhodes University

    Director of the International Library of African Music (ILAM). Research interests include popular music studies, applied Ethnomusicology.

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Published

2018-06-08

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018): Hip Hop Activism and Representational Politics

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How to Cite

Watkins, L. (2018). Elijah Wald. 2015. Talking ’Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap. Journal of World Popular Music, 5(1), 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.33551