Negotiating cultural authenticity in hip-hop: Mimicry, whiteness and Eminem

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Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-865

  Grealy, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 79960501525     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304310802464821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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