An Exploration of White Hip-Hop Fans, Consumers and Practitioners Dale Compton Anderson Wayne State University
Wayne State University Wayne State University Dissertations 1-1-2014 Re/presentation Of Hip-Hop: An Exploration Of White Hip-Hop Fans, Consumers And Practitioners Dale Compton Anderson Wayne State University, Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Anderson, Dale Compton, "Re/presentation Of Hip-Hop: An Exploration Of White Hip-Hop Fans, Consumers And Practitioners" (2014). Wayne State University Dissertations. Paper 1113. This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wayne State University Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. RE/PRESENTATION OF HIP-HOP: AN EXPLORATION OF WHITE HIP-HOP FANS, CONSUMERS AND PRACTITIONERS by DALE ANDERSON DISSERTATION Submitted to the Graduate School of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 2015 MAJOR: COMMUNICATION Approved by: ______________________________________ Advisor Date ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ DEDICATION I am dedicating this to my uncle, Wade Telaar, and my Grandparents, Leon and Doris Anderson. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank everyone that has provided assistance, support, guidance, and/or time to this project. I attempt to express my appreciation for everyone in my life, regularly. However, I am not always as thorough as I need to be. So thank you to any that has entered my life, even those that did so briefly and/or indirectly. Specifically, I would like to thank Stephanie and Amelia Anderson, Leon, Jr. (Andy) and Jane Anderson, Timothy Anderson, and Ann Telaar.
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