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Dr Jo Metcalf's Outputs (36)

Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T) (2016)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (2016). Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T). In J. Metcalf, & W. Turner (Eds.), Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player : Ice-T and the Politics of Black Cultural Production (1-16). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612-1

© Josephine Metcalf and Will Turner and the contributors 2014. In August 2012, the editors of this collection attended the European premier of the Ice-T (né Tracy Marrow) directed documentary, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. Held at the Hamme... Read More about Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T).

Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire” (2015)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Spaulding, C. (2015). Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire”. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (1-15). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989-1

In September 2013, the University of Hull (UK) hosted a conference entitled “The African American Experience Since 1992.” Organized jointly by the American Studies program and the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE)... Read More about Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire”.

Afterword (2015)
Book Chapter
Oldfield, J. (2015). Afterword. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (303-307). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989

White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (2014). White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry. In C. O. Garcia, V. Ashanti Young, & C. Pimentel (Eds.), From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The help : critical perspectives on white-authored narratives of black life (143-157). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446268_11

Numerous autobiographies have been released over the past two decades documenting contemporary African American and Mexican American urban life, including themes of violent gangbanging, drug hustling, and the inner-city search for economic stability... Read More about White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry.

Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production (2014)
Book
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (Eds.). (2014). Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612

© Josephine Metcalf and Will Turner and the contributors 2014. This collection of essays critically engages with factors relating to black urban life and cultural representation in the post-civil rights era, using Ice-T and his myriad roles as musici... Read More about Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production.

The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs (2012)
Book
Metcalf, J. (2012). The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs. University Press of Mississippi. https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781617032813.001.0001

The publication of Sanyika Shakur's Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member in 1993 generated a huge amount of excitement in literary circles-New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani deemed it a "shocking and galvanic book"-and set off a... Read More about The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs.

Reviewing ‘Monsters'; the Press Reception and Media Constructions of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs (2012)
Journal Article
Metcalf, J. (2012). Reviewing ‘Monsters'; the Press Reception and Media Constructions of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs. Crime, media, culture : an international journal, 8(3), 333-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659012443228

In 1993, a new trend of memoirs began to emerge in the United States, exploring contemporary street gang life in the ghettos and barrios. The first memoirs in this cycle form the subject of this paper: Sanyika Shakur's Monster and Luis Rodriguez's Al... Read More about Reviewing ‘Monsters'; the Press Reception and Media Constructions of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs.