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First Atria books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
244 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Part memoir and part cultural critique, Rap Dad is a timely reflection on fatherhood in America, explored through the lens of race and hip-hop culture. Just as his music career was taking off, Juan Vidal received life-changing news: he'd soon be a father. Throughout his life, neglectful men were the rule--his own dad struggled with drug addiction and infidelity--a cycle that, inevitably, wrought Vidal with insecurity. At age twenty-six, with but a bare grip on life, what lessons could he possibly offer a kid? Determined to alter the course for his child, Vidal did what he'd always done when confronted with life's challenges. He turned to the counterculture. In Rap Dad, the musician-turned-journalist takes a thoughtful and incredibly inventive approach to exploring identity and examining how we view fatherhood in a modern context. To root out the source of his fears around parenting, Vidal revisits the flash points of his juvenescence, a feat that transports him, a first-generation American born to Colombian parents, back to the drug-fueled streets of 1980s-90s Miami. It's during those pivotal years that he's drawn to skateboarding, graffiti, and the music of rebellion: hip-hop. As he looks to the past for answers, he infuses his personal story with rap lyrics and interviews with some of pop culture's most compelling voices--of which plenty have proven to be some of society's best, albeit non-traditional, dads. Along the way, Vidal confronts the unfair stereotypes that taint urban men--especially Black and Latino men--in today's society. An illuminating journey of discovery, Rap Dad is a striking portrait of modern fatherhood that is as much political as it is entertaining, personal as it is representative, and challenging as it is revealing"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Part memoir and part cultural critique, Rap Dad is a reflection on fatherhood in America, explored through the lens of race, the counterculture, and the hip hop generation"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Vidal, Juan.
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Vidal, Juan. (OCoLC)fst01684617
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Fatherhood -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Colombian Americans -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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Colombian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00868369
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Fatherhood -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00921859
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Vidal, Juan, 1981- Rap dad. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2018 9781501169410 (DLC) 2018016494 |
| ISBN |
9781501169397 (hardcover) |
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1501169394 (hardcover) |
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9781501169403 (paperback) |
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1501169408 (paperback) |
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