Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

Eithne Quinn

Paper, 264 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12409-6
$26.00 / £15.50

December, 2004
Cloth, 264 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12408-9
$71.50 / £42.00

1. A Gangsta Parable

2. Gangsta's Rap: Black Cultural Studies and the Politics of Representation

3. "Alwayz Into Somethin'&thinsp": Gangsta's Emergence in 1980s Los Angeles

4. "Straight Outta Compton": Ghetto Discourses and the Geographies of Gangsta

5. "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate": Badman Lore and Gangsta Rap

6."Who's the Mack?" Rap Performance and Trickster Tales

7. "It's a Doggy-Dogg World": The G-Funk Era and the Post-Soul Family

8. Tupac Shakur and the Legacies of Gangsta

Related Subjects

• American History (Save 20% on titles in American Studies)
• Music
• Race and Ethnicity

Series

• Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives

About the Author

Eithne Quinn teaches American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. Her work on rap music, cultural studies, and African American popular culture has appeared in edited books and journals, including the Journal of American Studies and Black Music Research Journal.

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