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vii Contents Preface: Waiting for Leroy ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 A Foot Deep in the Culture: The Thug Knowledge(s) of A Man Called Hawk 13 “My Passport Says Shawn”: Toward a Hip-Hop Cosmopolitanism 35 The Block Is Hot: Legibility and Loci in The Wire 87 R. Kelly’s Closet: Shame, Desire, and the Confessions of a (Postmodern) Soul Man 117 Fear of a Queer Soul Man: The Legacy of Luther Vandross 143 Postscript: Looking for Denzel, Finding Barack 169 Notes 181 Index 197 About the Author 207 This page intentionally left blank ...