01574cz a2200241n 4500 sh2009002078 DLC 20100719142403.0 090326 | anannbabn |a ana sh2009002078 DLC eng DLC DLC Urban fiction Gangsta fiction Gangsta lit Ghetto lit Hip-hop fiction Street fiction Street lit g Fiction Urban fiction goes from streets to public libraries in the New York times, Oct. 22, 2008 viewed online (literary genre written mainly by black authors about black characters; known as urban fiction, street lit or gangsta lit; street language, graphic sex, and violence) Wikipedia, March 10, 2009 (Urban fiction: a.k.a. Street lit and Gangsta fiction; a literary genre set in a city landscape; defined by the race and culture of its characters as much as by the urban setting; tone is usually dark, focusing on the underside; profanity, sex and violence usually explicit; often statements derogatory to White people (or at least what is perceived as the dominant White culture and power structure) are made, usually by the characters) Street fiction WWW site, March 10, 2009 (street fiction; a.k.a. urban fiction, street lit, gangsta fiction; expose the reader to drugs, violence, sex and the gritty realities of street life in urban America) Black Books Direct WWW site, March 10, 2009 (Urban fiction: also called hip-hop fiction, ghetto lit or gangster lit)