Black women's health in the age of hip hop and HIV/AIDS : a narrative remix / Nghana tamu Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Nghana Tamu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sapphire, 1950---Criticism and interpretation.

Sapphire.

Souljah, Sister--Criticism and interpretation.

Souljah.

Akil, Mara Brock, 1970---Criticism and interpretation.

Akil, Mara Brock.

Salter, Nikkole--Criticism and interpretation.

Salter, Nikkole.

Gurira, Danai--Criticism and interpretation.

Gurira, Danai.

African American women--Social conditions--20th century.

African American women.

African American women--Social conditions--21st century.

African American women--Health and hygiene.

African American women--Diseases.

HIV-positive women--Social conditions.

HIV-positive women.

AIDS (Disease) in women--Social aspects.

AIDS (Disease) in women.

Hip-hop feminism.

Physical Description:

viii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Using the lens of hip hop feminism, analyzes how five black women artists-Sapphire, Sister Souljah, Mara Brock Akil, Nikkole Salter, and Danai Gurira-give voice and visibility to black women's lived experiences with HIV/AIDS in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A tale of three influences : my roots/routes (in)to black women's health, hip hop, and HIV/AIDS

In search of our mothers' theories : hip hop feminism in praxis

"Cunt buckets" and "bad bitches" : black girl identity formation and sexual health in PUSH : a novel and The Coldest Winter Ever

Transnational flow(s) : staging silence, stigma, and shame in in the continuum

"Prioritized" : the hip hop (re)construction of black womanhood in Girlfriends and The Game

In memoriam-and in life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-159) and index.

ISBN:

9780814215807

0814215807

9780814259344

0814259340

OCLC:

1453070516