5 grams [electronic resource] : crack cocaine, rap music, and the war on drugs / Dimitri A. Bogazianos.
Bogazianos, Dimitri A.
2012
HV5825 .B62 2012eb
Available Online (multiple)

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title 5 grams [electronic resource] : crack cocaine, rap music, and the war on drugs / Dimitri A. Bogazianos.
Author Bogazianos, Dimitri A.
ISBN 9780814723067 (electronic book)
9780814787014
9780814787007
Imprint New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 206 p.)
Call Number HV5825 .B62 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.450973
Summary "In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law repealing one of the most controversial policies in American criminal justice history: the one hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder whereby someone convicted of "simply" possessing five grams of crack--the equivalent of a few sugar packets--had been required by law to serve no less than five years in prison. In this highly original work, Dimitri A. Bogazianos draws on various sources to examine the profound consequences of America's reliance on this punishment structure, tracing the rich cultural linkages between America's War on Drugs, and the creative contributions of those directly affected by its destructive effects. Focusing primarily on lyrics that emerged in 1990s New York rap, which critiqued the music industry for being corrupt, unjust, and criminal, Bogazianos shows how many rappers began drawing parallels between the "rap game" and the "crack game." He argues that the symbolism of crack in rap's stance towards its own commercialization represents a moral debate that is far bigger than hip hop culture, highlighting the degree to which crack cocaine--although a drug long in decline--has come to represent the entire paradoxical predicament of punishment in the U.S. today."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Alternative criminology series
Available in Other Form 5 grams.
Linked Resources Online Access
Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Crack, rap, and the punitive turn
The invisible hand holds a gun: law and policy in the lethal regulation of crack
Rap puts crack to work
Things done changed: the rise of new school violence
Training and humiliation
Facing the corporation.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export