“Keepin‘it real”: White hip-hoppers’ discourses of language, race, and authenticity

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-233

  Cutler, Cecilia ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247365739     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2003.13.2.211     Document Type: Article

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