A "Black body electric" - African American rhetoric(s) and the hip-hop aesthetic : Claudia Rankine's Citizen, Beyonce Knowles' Lemonade, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me / by Nadine Moore.

Author/creator Moore, Nadine author.
Other author Banks, William P. (William Paul)., degree supervisor.
Other author East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format Theses and dissertations
Publication[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2018.
Description80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
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Summary This work examines the formalistic shifts in contemporary African American literature through a hip-hop lens. No longer following the status quo regarding genre or voice, these texts manage to reposition Black writing by forcing an intimate conversation with their readers that compels introspection. Coupled with a mixed-media approach, these works manage to engage and center those readers who might otherwise not have access to the interior monologues of what it feels like to be Black in "post-racial" America.
General notePresented to the faculty of the Department of English
General noteAdvisor: William P. Banks
General noteTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed February 7, 2019).
Dissertation noteM.A. East Carolina University 2018
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre/formAcademic theses.
Genre/formAcademic theses.