Women Rapping Revolution : Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit / Rebekah Farrugia, Kellie D. Hay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrugia, Rebekah, Author.

Hay, Kellie D., 1965- Author.

Series:

California series in hip hop studies ; 1.

California Series in Hip Hop Studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foundation of Women in Hip Hop.

African American women--Michigan--Detroit.

African American women.

Hip-hop feminism--Michigan--Detroit.

Hip-hop feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780520973367

0520973364

OCLC:

1141020904