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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Farrugia, Rebekah (Author), Hay, Kellie D., 1965- (Author)
Other Authors: Carter, Piper (writer of foreword.), Jones, Mahogany (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Series:California series in hip hop studies ; 1.
Subjects:
Foundation of Women in Hip Hop.
Hip-hop feminism > Michigan > Detroit.
African American women > Michigan > Detroit.
Féminisme hip-hop > Michigan > Detroit.
Noires américaines > Michigan > Detroit.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
African American women.
Hip-hop feminism.
Michigan > Detroit.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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