"Short fried-rice-eating Chinese MCs" and "good-Hair-Havin uncle Tom Niggas": Performing race and ethnicity in freestyle rap battles

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-133

  Alim, H Samy ^a   Lee, Jooyoung ^b   Carris, Lauren Mason ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles 3300 Rolfe Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77955689068     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2010.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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