LEADER 03074nam 22006254a 450 001 9910827573703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $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 $a20050818d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe games black girls play $elearning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop /$fKyra D. Gaunt 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3119-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index. 327 $aSlide : games as lessons in black musical style -- Education, liberation : learning the ropes of a musical blackness -- Mary Mack dressed in black : the earliest formation of a popular music -- Saw you with your boyfriend : music between the sexes -- Whose got next game? : women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas. 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 $aAfrican Americans$xMusic$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican American girls$xSocial life and customs 606 $aRap (Music)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSinging games$zUnited States 606 $aDouble dutch (Rope skipping)$zUnited States 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xMusic$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican American girls$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aRap (Music)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSinging games 615 0$aDouble dutch (Rope skipping) 676 $a780/.89/96073 700 $aGaunt$b Kyra Danielle$01757483 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827573703321 996 $aThe games black girls play$94195347 997 $aUNINA