“Language Arts Unit: A Rap Textbook” is an exploration of rap as theory and praxis, race as form and content, music as social mobilizer and opiate. In a winding, discursive prefatory note Rhys Langston (Podell) utilizes a biting, absurdist humor to seriously appraise the power of words, music, and all manner of extra-lingual connotations in the age of rapid-transit information technologies. As the written half of a multimedia project, what follows are the lyrics from his long play album, written as poems with the clever enjambment of his characteristically idiosyncratic wordplay. [Book includes a URL to download the full album]
Language Arts Unit: A Rap Textbook
$17.00
Provides a multimedia exploration of rap lyrics as poetry and a medium for discussing race and social issues.
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| Weight | 0.163 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 15.2 × 0.7 × 22.9 in |
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