The Revenge of Emmett Till
Impudent Aesthetics and the Swagger Narratives of Hip-Hop Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5245669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Braxton Peterson |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-631 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/afa.2012.0080 |
| OpenAlex | W1942512037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The "revenge" of Emmett Till is figured here as the impudent tones and boastful themes in the recorded lyrics of a range of hip-hop artists. Some of these artists make specific allusions to the historical narrative of Till and one aim of this article is to situate those hip-hop allusions within the context of a literary history engaged in responses to the tragic murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Taken in their appropriate literary context ( i.e . the writings of John Edgar Wideman, Nikki Giovanni, Eldridge Cleaver, and others), these allusive lyrics within hip-hop culture reflect the complex interactive artistic connections between the civil rights era and the hip-hop generation
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Literature · Lyrics · Narrative · American Political and Social Dynamics · History · Music History and Culture · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |