The Resource Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim, Justin Gifford
Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim, Justin Gifford
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The item Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim, Justin Gifford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network.
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- Summary
- "The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, né Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow. From a career as a, yes, ruthless pimp in the '40s and '50s, Iceberg Slim refashioned himself as the first and still the greatest of "street lit" masters, whose vivid books have made him an icon to such rappers as Ice-T, Jay-Z, and Snoop Dogg and a presiding spirit of "blaxploitation" culture. You can't understand contemporary black (and even American) culture without reckoning with Iceberg Slim and his many acolytes and imitators. Literature professor Justin Gifford has been researching the life and work of Robert Beck for a decade, culminating in Street Poison, a colorful and compassionate biography of one of the most complicated figures in twentieth-century literature. Drawing on a wealth of archival material--including FBI files, prison records, and interviews with Beck, his wife, and his daughters--Gifford explores the sexual trauma and racial violence Beck endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and '50s. From pimping to penning his profoundly influential confessional autobiography, Pimp, to his involvement in radical politics, Gifford's biography illuminates the life and works of one of American literature's most unique renegades" -- provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385538343
- Label
- Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim
- Title
- Street poison
- Title remainder
- the biography of Iceberg Slim
- Statement of responsibility
- Justin Gifford
- Title variation
- Biography of Iceberg Slim
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, né Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow. From a career as a, yes, ruthless pimp in the '40s and '50s, Iceberg Slim refashioned himself as the first and still the greatest of "street lit" masters, whose vivid books have made him an icon to such rappers as Ice-T, Jay-Z, and Snoop Dogg and a presiding spirit of "blaxploitation" culture. You can't understand contemporary black (and even American) culture without reckoning with Iceberg Slim and his many acolytes and imitators. Literature professor Justin Gifford has been researching the life and work of Robert Beck for a decade, culminating in Street Poison, a colorful and compassionate biography of one of the most complicated figures in twentieth-century literature. Drawing on a wealth of archival material--including FBI files, prison records, and interviews with Beck, his wife, and his daughters--Gifford explores the sexual trauma and racial violence Beck endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and '50s. From pimping to penning his profoundly influential confessional autobiography, Pimp, to his involvement in radical politics, Gifford's biography illuminates the life and works of one of American literature's most unique renegades" -- provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gifford, Justin
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.E25
- LC item number
- Z64 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iceberg Slim
- African American authors
- African Americans
- Pimps
- Label
- Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim, Justin Gifford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn893098908
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385538343
- Isbn Type
- (hardcovers)
- Lccn
- 2014037252
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)893098908
- Label
- Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim, Justin Gifford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn893098908
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385538343
- Isbn Type
- (hardcovers)
- Lccn
- 2014037252
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)893098908
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