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Women rapping revolution : hip hop and community building in Detroit /
"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 resp...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | California series in hip hop studies ;
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 212 pages) illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520973367 0520973364 |