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03262aam a2200469 a 4500 001 6694C0AE675A11E1B04F54DA6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120306010154 008 110708s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011028191 020 $a 0814725163 (ebook) 020 $a 9780814725160 (ebook) 020 $a 0814723063 (ebook) 020 $a 9780814723067 (ebook) 020 $a 0814787010 (pbk : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780814787014 (pbk : acid-free paper) 020 $a 0814787002 (hardback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780814787007 (hardback : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)724667521 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BWX $d CDX $d VVC $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV5825 $b .B62 2012 082 00 $a 363.450973 $2 23 100 1 $a Bogazianos, Dimitri A. 245 1 $a 5 grams : $b crack cocaine, rap music, and the War on Drugs / $c Dimitri A. Bogazianos. 246 3 $a Five grams 260 $a New York : $b New York University Press, $c c2012. 300 $a x, 206 p. ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Alternative criminology series 505 0 $a Crack, rap, and the punitive turn -- The invisible hand holds a gun: law and policy in the lethal regulation of crack -- Rap puts crack to work -- Things done changed: the rise of new school violence -- Training and humiliation -- Facing the corporation. 520 $a "In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law repealing one of the most controversial policies in American criminal justice history: the one hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder whereby someone convicted of "simply" possessing five grams of crack--the equivalent of a few sugar packets--had been required by law to serve no less than five years in prison. In this highly original work, Dimitri A. Bogazianos draws on various sources to examine the profound consequences of America's reliance on this punishment structure, tracing the rich cultural linkages between America's War on Drugs, and the creative contributions of those directly affected by its destructive effects. Focusing primarily on lyrics that emerged in 1990s New York rap, which critiqued the music industry for being corrupt, unjust, and criminal, Bogazianos shows how many rappers began drawing parallels between the "rap game" and the "crack game." He argues that the symbolism of crack in rap's stance towards its own commercialization represents a moral debate that is far bigger than hip hop culture, highlighting the degree to which crack cocaine--although a drug long in decline--has come to represent the entire paradoxical predicament of punishment in the U.S. today."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Drug control $z United States. 650 0 $a Crack (Drug) $z United States. 650 0 $a Sentences (Criminal procedure) $z United States. 650 0 $a Narcotic laws $z United States. 830 0 $a Alternative criminology series. 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers//1313/2472040/image/lgcover.3196345.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l LOAX706 $d 20150509012037.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6694C0AE675A11E1B04F54DA6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search