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Record Nr.

UNISA996248282403316

Autore

Rose Tricia

Titolo

The hip hop wars [[electronic resource] ] : what we talk about when we talk about hip hop--and why it matters / / Tricia Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : BasicCivitas, c2008

ISBN

0-7867-2719-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

305.896/07301732

781.649

Soggetti

Hip-hop - Social aspects - United States

Rap (Music) - Social aspects - United States

Social change - United States

Subculture - United States

African Americans - Social conditions

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface ix; Introduction 1; PART ONE: TOP TEN DEBATES IN HIP HOP; Hip Hop's Critics; 1 Hip Hop Causes Violence 33; 2 Hip Hop Reflects Black Dysfunctional Ghetto Culture 61; 3 Hip Hop Hurts Black People 75; 4 Hip Hop Is Destroying America's Values 95; 5 Hip Hop Demeans Women 113; Hip Hop's Defenders; 6 Just Keeping It Real 133; 7 Hip Hop Is Not Responsible for Sexism 149; 8 "There are Bitches and Hoes" 167; 9 We're Not Role Models 187; 10 Nobody Talks About the Positive in Hip Hop 201; PART TWO: PROGRESSIVE FUTURES; 11 Mutual Denials in the Hip Hop Wars 217

12 Progressive Voices, Energies, and Visions 24113 Six Guiding Principles for Progressive Creativity, Consumption, and Community in Hip Hop and Beyond 261; Appendix: Radio Station Consolidation 274; Acknowledgments 277; Notes 279; Bibliography 289; Index 293

Sommario/riassunto

A pioneering expert in the study of hip-hop explains why the music matters?and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.