'Flirt[ing] with death' but 'still alive': The sexual dimension of surplus time in hip hop fantasy

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-88

  Ralph, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip hop; Labor; Masculinity; Morality; Mortality

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY;

EID: 33645745587     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374006063415     Document Type: Article

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