{"product_id":"kendrick-lamar-and-the-making-of-black-meaning-paperback","title":"Kendrick Lamar and the Making of Black Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher M. Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMonica R. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnthony B. Pinn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first to provide an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the impact of Kendrick Lamar's corpus. Starting with \u003ci\u003eSection 80\u003c\/i\u003e and ending on \u003ci\u003eDAMN.\u003c\/i\u003e, it deals with each of Lamar's four major projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher M. Driscoll \u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor of Religion, Africana, and American Studies at Lehigh University. Driscoll is also cofounder and former chair of the \u003ci\u003eCritical Approaches to Hip Hop and Religion \u003c\/i\u003egroup at the American Academy of Religion. Much of his work attends to hip hop culture, including editing a 2011 special issue of the \u003ci\u003eBulletin for the Study of Religion \u003c\/i\u003eon the topic, he is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bread, Breaking\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeats: Churches and Hip Hop - A Guide to Key Issues \u003c\/i\u003e(Fortress, 2014), and more. Driscoll is also author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Lies: Race \u0026amp; Uncertainty in the Twilight of American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2015), and coauthor (with Monica R. Miller) of \u003ci\u003eMethod as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcademic Study of Religion \u003c\/i\u003e(Lexington, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonica R. Miller is Associate Professor of Religion, Africana Studies, and Director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Lehigh University, USA. Miller is the author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Hip Hop \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Hip Hop and Religion Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Anthony B. Pinn (Routledge, 2014), \u003ci\u003eReligion in Hip Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Anthony B. Pinn and Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman (Bloomsbury, 2015), \u003ci\u003eClaiming Identity in the Study of Religion: Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined \u003c\/i\u003eed. (Equinox, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eHumanism in a Non-Humanist World \u003c\/i\u003eed. (Palgrave Macmillan) among other books, numerous essays, and book chapters on the topic. Miller is cofounder and current cochair of the Critical Approaches to hip hop and Religion group at the American Academy of Religion and has presented nationally on the topic over the past ten years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He is also the founding Director of Rice's Certer for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning. Pinn is also the Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies (Washington, DC). In addition to courses on African American religious thought, liberation theologies, and religious aesthetics, Pinn co-teaches with Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman a popular course on religion and hip hop culture. The course received media coverage from a variety of outlets including MTV. He is the author\/editor of over 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eNoise and Spirit: Rap Music's Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press, 2003); \u003ci\u003eThe Religion and Hip Hop Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Monica R. Miller (Routledge, 2014); and \u003ci\u003eReligion in Hip Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Monica R. Miller and Bernard \"Bun B\" Freeman (Bloomsbury, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67981836550296,"sku":"9781032177168","price":112.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/PXPklTEE5W9781032177168.webp?v=1794487928","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/kendrick-lamar-and-the-making-of-black-meaning-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}