| Title | The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Author | Peterson, James Braxton |
| Edition | 1 |
| Number of Pages | 187 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| City | New York, NY |
| Publication Language | English |
| ISSN Number | 113730524X |
| Keywords | Hip-Hop Culture, Literature, Race Identity |
| Copies at the Archive | 1 |
The underground is a multi-faceted concept in African American culture. Peterson explores a variety of "underground" concepts at the intersections of African American literature and hip-hop culture, using Richard Wright, KRS-One, Thelonious Monk, and the tradition of the Underground Railroad, among other examples. He explores the manifestations and the attributes of the underground within the context of a more panoramic picture of African American expressivity, situated at black cultural and conceptual crossroads.
