LEADER 04435nam 22010093u 450 001 9910782060103321 005 20230207225532.0 010 $a0-8147-3273-9 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814732731 035 $a(CKB)1000000000522490 035 $a(EBL)865477 035 $a(OCoLC)780425889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169543 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10190414 035 $a(PQKB)10774551 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865477 035 $a(DE-B1597)548562 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814732731 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000522490 100 $a20131125d2006|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Games Black Girls Play$b[electronic resource] $eLearning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop 210 $aNew York $cNYU Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3119-8 327 $aContents; 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; Bibliography 327 $aIndexAbout the Author 330 $a2007 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 Ame 606 $aAfrican American girls -- Social life and customs 606 $aAfrican Americans -- Music -- History and criticism 606 $aDouble dutch (Rope skipping) -- United States 606 $aRap (Music) -- History and criticism 606 $aSinging games -- United States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory and criticism$xMusic$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican American girls$xSocial life and customs$zUnited States 606 $aRap (Music)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSinging games 606 $aDouble dutch (Rope skipping) 606 $aMusic$2HILCC 606 $aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film$2HILCC 606 $aMusic History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etc$2HILCC 610 $aAfrican. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $ablack. 610 $acontain. 610 $aearliest. 610 $aeffect. 610 $agames. 610 $agirls. 610 $ahow. 610 $aillustration. 610 $aincorporated. 610 $ainto. 610 $alearn. 610 $amusic. 610 $amusical. 610 $astyles. 610 $athese. 615 4$aAfrican American girls -- Social life and customs. 615 4$aAfrican Americans -- Music -- History and criticism. 615 4$aDouble dutch (Rope skipping) -- United States. 615 4$aRap (Music) -- History and criticism. 615 4$aSinging games -- United States. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory and criticism$xMusic 615 0$aAfrican American girls$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aRap (Music)$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aSinging games 615 0$aDouble dutch (Rope skipping) 615 7$aMusic 615 7$aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film 615 7$aMusic History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etc. 676 $a780/.89/96073 700 $aGaunt$b Kyra D$01512860 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782060103321 996 $aThe Games Black Girls Play$93747037 997 $aUNINA