Hoods and the woods: Rap music as environmental literature

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 661-676

  Rosenthal, Debra J ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745612719     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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