George gets to the soul of black culture

From: The Boston Globe | Date: March 15, 1993| Author: Patricia Smith, Globe Staff | Copyright information

BUPPIES, B-BOYS, BAPS & BOHOS

Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture

By Nelson George

HarperCollins, 329 pp., $20

Essayist, screenwriter and Village Voice columnist Nelson George would have us believe that he is the final word on his self-dubbed "Post-Soul Culture" -- the confused, exhilarating universe of hip-hoppers, homeys and the streetbeat. The sharp collection of observations in "Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos," sporting badboy vocals and full-tilt att...

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