Eminem and rap, poetry, race : essays

Content: Introduction / Scott F. Parker --
Race ... and other four letter words : Eminem and the cultural politics of authenticity / Gilbert B. Rodman --
Beats by Em / Ben Hoerster --
The fanatic lyric : Eminem as poet / Aaron Apps --
The black vernacular versus a cracker's knack for verses? / Darin Flynn --
The melodic nature of rap and the importance of the phrase / Martin Connor --
Somewhere in between : eminem's ambiguities / E Martin Nolan --
Eminem 2.0 : the redemptive subjectivity of whiteness / Julius Bailey and David J. Leonard --
The farther reaches of human proficiency / Steve Bramucci --
The white negro gone mad : race and pathology in Eminem's construction of Slim Shady / Miles White --
Neither black nor white : poor white trash / Sylvie Laurent --
Appendix. he is whatever we say he is : on Eminem, fame and hip hop aesthetics / Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre.