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Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip-Hop's Moral Center 15th anniversary Edition
Author(s): William Upski Wimsatt (Author)
- Publisher: Soft Skull
- Publication Date: April 1, 2008
- Edition: 15th anniversary
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 1933368551
- ISBN-13: 9781933368559
Book Description
Taking on a broad range of topics, including suburban sprawl, racial identity, and youth activism, Wimsatt (a graffiti artist himself) uses a kaleidoscopic approach that combines stories, cartoons, interviews, disses, parodies, and original research to challenge the suburban mindset wherever it’s found: suburbs and corporate headquarters, inner cities and housing projects, even in hip-hop itself. Funny, provocative, and painfully honest,
Bomb the Suburbs encourages readers to expand their social boundaries and explore the vibrant, chaotic world that exists beyond their comfort zones.Editorial Reviews
Review
“The best book I read in prison.” —
Tupac Shakur“Wimsatt is known as one of the original `hip hop journalists.’ …he is engaging, experimental, and youthful. You will love his riffs of everything hypocritical and everything cool in today’s world. He’s one of those white guys who `get it’ and connect to African American culture without being cloying or patronizing.” —
Great Books for High School Kids: A Teacher’s Guide to Books That Can Change Teens’ Lives by Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford (Beacon, 2004)“[O]ne of the first and most eloquent articulations of the politics and worldview of what would later be termed the Hip Hop Generation.” —
AlterNetAbout the Author
Wimsatt has written for
Vibe, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Nation, and published six books with 100,000+ copies in print including No More Prisons, Bomb the Suburbs, and its follow up companion: Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs: A Midterm Report on My Generation, and the Future of our Super Movement.He is also the editor and publisher of three anthologies:
Another World is Possible: Conversations in a Time of Terror; Future 500: Youth Organizing and Activism in United States; and How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: the anti-politics, un-boring guide to power, with Adrienne Maree Brown.
