{"product_id":"get-your-ass-in-the-bruce-jackson-9781438496566","title":"Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, Second Edition: : African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition","description":"\u003ci\u003eGet Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the African American oral tradition of toasting, one of the key roots of contemporary rap. Jackson was among the few to appreciate the profane energy and beauty of this rhymed form, collecting such classic toasts as \"Stackolee,\" \"The Titanic,\" \"Signifying Monkey,\" \"Dance of the Freaks,\" and dozens more. This unexpurgated edition offers the raw, vibrant, and still startling imagery of these toasts shaped by decades of oral transmission through the voices of countless rhymers. Just like rap, the toasting tradition enabled previously unheard or stifled topics, including racism, sexual exploitation, economic deprivation, and social oppression, to be expressed in a form that embodied multiple layers of meaning. Jackson helped preserve a rapidly dying art form to ensure that it would be available for many generations to come. In the words of Robin D.G. Kelley, \"All you Hip Hop heads need to know this book if you want to know your roots.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438496567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438496566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Bruce Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634387546367,"sku":"9781438496566","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87d1432c-e83a-47b7-a2ca-0cc5dba579f0.jpg?v=1703589061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/get-your-ass-in-the-bruce-jackson-9781438496566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}