DETAILS

Title: Urban fiction

Categories:

Urban

Location: Teri Woods, True To The Game Shannon Holmes, B More Careful Sister Souljah, The Coldest Winter Ever

Pagination: 0

Illustrations: - direct, confrontational language, full of slang and profanity - drug trade - blatant sexuality

Document Type: Graffiti

Notes:

Urban (or ghetto) fiction is still an emergent genre, coming out of the black urban experience. It can be read as a voice from the streets, similar in language and subject to gangsta rap music. Generally, urban fiction seems to feature coming-of-age themes, serving as a cautionary tale to readers from the author's own experience.