{"product_id":"kendrick-lamar-and-the-making-of-black-meaning-paperback","title":"Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher M. Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMonica R. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnthony B. Pinn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKendrick Lamar has established himself at the forefront of contemporary hip-hop culture. Artistically adventurous and socially conscious, he has been unapologetic in using his art form, rap music, to address issues affecting black lives while also exploring subjects fundamental to the human experience, such as religious belief. This book is the first to provide an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the impact of Lamar's corpus. In doing so, it highlights how Lamar's music reflects current tensions that are keenly felt when dealing with the subjects of race, religion and politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with \u003ci\u003eSection 80\u003c\/i\u003e and ending with \u003ci\u003eDAMN.\u003c\/i\u003e, this book deals with each of Lamar's four major projects in turn. A panel of academics, journalists and hip-hop practitioners show how religion, in particular black spiritualties, take a front-and-center role in his work. They also observe that his astute and biting thoughts on race and culture may come from an African American perspective, but many find something familiar in Lamar's lyrical testimony across great chasms of social and geographical difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sophisticated exploration of one of popular culture's emerging icons reveals a complex and multi faceted engagement with religion, faith, race, art and culture. As such, it will be vital reading for anyone working in religious, African American and hip-hop studies, as well as scholars of music, media and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher M. Driscoll \u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor of Religion, Africana, and American Studies at Lehigh University. Driscoll is also cofounder and former chair of the \u003ci\u003eCritical Approaches to Hip Hop and Religion \u003c\/i\u003egroup at the American Academy of Religion. Much of his work attends to hip hop culture, including editing a 2011 special issue of the \u003ci\u003eBulletin for the Study of Religion \u003c\/i\u003eon the topic, he is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bread, Breaking\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeats: Churches and Hip Hop - A Guide to Key Issues \u003c\/i\u003e(Fortress, 2014), and more. Driscoll is also author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Lies: Race \u0026amp; Uncertainty in the Twilight of American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2015), and coauthor (with Monica R. Miller) of \u003ci\u003eMethod as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcademic Study of Religion \u003c\/i\u003e(Lexington, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonica R. Miller is Associate Professor of Religion, Africana Studies, and Director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Lehigh University, USA. Miller is the author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Hip Hop \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Hip Hop and Religion Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Anthony B. Pinn (Routledge, 2014), \u003ci\u003eReligion in Hip Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Anthony B. Pinn and Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman (Bloomsbury, 2015), \u003ci\u003eClaiming Identity in the Study of Religion: Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined \u003c\/i\u003eed. (Equinox, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eHumanism in a Non-Humanist World \u003c\/i\u003eed. (Palgrave Macmillan) among other books, numerous essays, and book chapters on the topic. Miller is cofounder and current cochair of the Critical Approaches to hip hop and Religion group at the American Academy of Religion and has presented nationally on the topic over the past ten years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He is also the founding Director of Rice's Certer for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning. Pinn is also the Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies (Washington, DC). In addition to courses on African American religious thought, liberation theologies, and religious aesthetics, Pinn co-teaches with Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman a popular course on religion and hip hop culture. The course received media coverage from a variety of outlets including MTV. He is the author\/editor of over 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eNoise and Spirit: Rap Music's Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press, 2003); \u003ci\u003eThe Religion and Hip Hop Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Monica R. Miller (Routledge, 2014); and \u003ci\u003eReligion in Hip Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Monica R. Miller and Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman (Bloomsbury, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52754635391283,"sku":"9781032177168","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/n-y3coCgQO9781032177168.webp?v=1764367163","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/kendrick-lamar-and-the-making-of-black-meaning-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}