About the Author

Kermit E. Campbell is assistant professor of rhetoric and writing at Colgate University.

Reviews

Kermit Campbell addresses hip-hop and African American vernacular not merely as elements of folk and popular cultures but as rhetoric worthy of serious scrutiny...Campbell's work shows the persistence and force of the vernacular tradition in the face of increasing criticism from the American mainstream...itself infused with the hip-hop idiom and a style free of academic jargon, the book presents a provocative contribution to cultural and rhetorical studies."-- "Colgate Scene"