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Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present
by David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello

Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present
by David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello

Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present
by David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello

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negritude (en)

(noun) a consciousness of and pride in the cultural and physical aspects of the African heritage / (noun) the state or condition of being black

43

And but you can feel this false 'perspective,' these lambent, tourist-bringing-his-own-water attitudes Elvis got boycotted in the 50s for promoting lewdness and negritude.

—p.43 by David Foster Wallace
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And but you can feel this false 'perspective,' these lambent, tourist-bringing-his-own-water attitudes Elvis got boycotted in the 50s for promoting lewdness and negritude.

—p.43 by David Foster Wallace
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Kekulian (en)

(adj) relating to German organic chemist Friedrich August Kekulé, who discovered the structure of benzene in an Friedrich ouroboros-themed dream

44

embodying the Kekulian loop

—p.44 by David Foster Wallace
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embodying the Kekulian loop

—p.44 by David Foster Wallace
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ostinato (en)

(noun) a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition (from Italian)

52

repeated over and over in a near-parodic ostinato

—p.52 by David Foster Wallace
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repeated over and over in a near-parodic ostinato

—p.52 by David Foster Wallace
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contrapuntal (en)

of or in counterpoint

52

It's the contrapuntal tension between

—p.52 by David Foster Wallace
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It's the contrapuntal tension between

—p.52 by David Foster Wallace
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weltanschauung (de)

(German for worldview) a particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group

53

the categorical imperative, die Weltanschauung

—p.53 by Mark Costello
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the categorical imperative, die Weltanschauung

—p.53 by Mark Costello
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hoary (en)

(adjective) gray or white with or as if with age / (adjective) extremely old; ancient

58

one theft in a hoary history

—p.58 by Mark Costello
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one theft in a hoary history

—p.58 by Mark Costello
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cognoscenti (en)

(noun) a person who has expert knowledge in a subject; connoisseur

73

special appeal to a cognoscenti of B-boys

—p.73 by David Foster Wallace
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special appeal to a cognoscenti of B-boys

—p.73 by David Foster Wallace
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jeremiad (en)

(noun) a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

76

the jeremiad-deliverer of Hard rap

—p.76 by David Foster Wallace
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the jeremiad-deliverer of Hard rap

—p.76 by David Foster Wallace
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prosody (en)

(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language

79

the prosody itself rooted in the urban black tradition

—p.79 by David Foster Wallace
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the prosody itself rooted in the urban black tradition

—p.79 by David Foster Wallace
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lugubrious (en)

(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal

80

bloated love doll, lugubrious, and eyelash-batting

—p.80 by David Foster Wallace
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bloated love doll, lugubrious, and eyelash-batting

—p.80 by David Foster Wallace
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