Pimps up, ho's down hip hop's hold on young Black women

2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Emily Toth Award. Pimps Up, Ho's Down pulls at the threads of the intricately knotted issues surrounding young black women and hip hop culture. What unravels for Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting is a new, and problematic, politics of gender...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press c2007.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Emily Toth Award. Pimps Up, Ho's Down pulls at the threads of the intricately knotted issues surrounding young black women and hip hop culture. What unravels for Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting is a new, and problematic, politics of gender. In this fascinating and forceful book, Sharpley-Whiting, a feminist writer who is a member of the hip hop generation, interrogates the complexities of young black women's engagement with a culture that is masculinist, misogynistic, and frequently mystifying. Beyond their portrayal in rap lyrics, the di
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (205 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814741221
9780814786505
9781435600348