03937nam 22007813u 450 991045424070332120210106202004.00-8147-3273-9(CKB)1000000000522490(EBL)865477(OCoLC)780425889(SSID)ssj0000160662(PQKBManifestationID)11169543(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160662(PQKBWorkID)10190414(PQKB)10774551(MiAaPQ)EBC865477(EXLCZ)99100000000052249020131125d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Games Black Girls Play[electronic resource] Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-HopNew York NYU Press20061 online resource (237 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-3119-8 Contents; List of Musical Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Slide: Games as Lessons in Black Musical Style; 2 Education, Liberation:Learning the Ropes of a Musical Blackness; 3 Mary Mack Dressed in Black:The Earliest Formation of a Popular Music; 4 Saw You With Your Boyfriend:Music between the Sexes; 5 Who's Got Next Game?Women, Hip-Hop, and the Power of Language; 6 Double Forces Has Got the Beat:Reclaiming Girls' Music in the Sport of Double-Dutch; 7 Let a Woman Jump:Dancing with the Double Dutch Divas; Conclusion; Appendix:Musical Transcriptions of Game-Songs Studied; BibliographyIndexAbout the Author2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology. 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist. When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls play -handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope-both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking. The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African AmeAfrican American girls -- Social life and customsAfrican Americans -- Music -- History and criticismDouble dutch (Rope skipping) -- United StatesRap (Music) -- History and criticismSinging games -- United StatesAfrican AmericansHistory and criticismMusicUnited StatesAfrican American girlsSocial life and customsUnited StatesRap (Music)History and criticismSinging gamesDouble dutch (Rope skipping)MusicHILCCMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCMusic History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etcHILCCElectronic books.African American girls -- Social life and customs.African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.Double dutch (Rope skipping) -- United States.Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.Singing games -- United States.African AmericansHistory and criticismMusicAfrican American girlsSocial life and customsRap (Music)History and criticismSinging gamesDouble dutch (Rope skipping)MusicMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmMusic History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etc.780/.89/96073Gaunt Kyra D1037988AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454240703321The Games Black Girls Play2459294UNINA