Women Rapping Revolution

Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-30532-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 45 g

Reihe: California Series in Hip Hop Studies

Detroit, Michigan, 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 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 Foundation, a women-centered hip hop collective, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farrugia, Rebekah

Hay, Kellie D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Carter, Piper

Jones, Mahogany

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

By Piper Carter

Foreword

By Mahogany Jones

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Intersections of Detroit, Women, and Hip Hop

1 Detroit Hip Hop and the Rise of the Foundation

2 Hip Hop Sounds and Sensibilities in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit

3 Negotiating Genderqueer Identity Formation

4 Vulnerable Mavericks Wreck Rap’s Conventions

5 “Legendary,” Environmental Justice, and Collaborative Cultural Production

6 Hip Hop Activism in Action

Conclusion: Women, Hip Hop, and Cultural Organizing

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rebekah Farrugia is Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations at Oakland University. She is the author of Beyond the Dance Floor: Female DJs, Technology, and Electronic Dance Music Culture.

Kellie D. Hay is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations at Oakland University. She has authored many articles about music, politics, and cultural identity, and specializes in critical qualitative methodologies.