Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 212 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520973367
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0520973364
Serie:
California series in hip hop studies 1
Inhalt:
"Detroit is a city that has long been recognized as a center of musical innovation and social change. Rebekah Farrugia and Kellie D. Hay draw on seven years of fieldwork to illuminate the important role that women in Detroit's hip hop underground have played in mobilizing a grassroots response to political and social pressures at the heart of Detroit's ongoing renewal and development project. Focusing on the women-centered hip hop collective The Foundation, Women Rapping Revolution argues that the hip hop underground is a crucial site where Black women shape subjectivity and claim self-care as a principle of community organizing. Through interviews and sustained critical engagement with artists and activists, this study also articulates the substantial role of cultural production in social, racial, and economic justice efforts"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction : Intersections of Detroit, women, and hip hop -- Detroit hip hop and the rise of the Foundation -- Hip hop sounds and sensibilities in post-bankruptcy Detroit -- Negotiating genderqueer identity formation -- Vulnerable mavericks wreck rap's conventions -- "Legendary," environmental justice, and collaborative cultural production -- Hip hop activism in action -- Conclusion : Women, hip hop, and cultural organizing.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520305311
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520305328
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Farrugia, Rebekah Women rapping revolution Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] ISBN 9780520305311
Sprache:
Englisch
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