Women Rapping Revolution
Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2020
248 pages
978-0-520-97336-7 (ISBN)
Description
Detroit, MIchigan, has long been recognized as a center of musical innovation and social change. Rebekah Farrugia and Kellie D. Hay draw on seven years of fieldwork to illuminate the important role that women have played in mobilizing a grassroots response to political and social pressures at the heart of Detroit's ongoing renewal and development project. Focusing on the Foundation, a women-centered hip hop collective, Women Rapping Revolution argues that the hip hop underground is a crucial site where Black women shape subjectivity and claim self-care as a principle of community organizing. Through interviews and sustained critical engagement with artists and activists, this study also articulates the substantial role of cultural production in social, racial, and economic justice efforts.
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Rebekah Farrugia is Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations at Oakland University. She is the author of Beyond the Dance Floor: Female DJs, Technology, and Electronic Dance Music Culture.
Kellie D. Hay is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations at Oakland University. She has authored many articles about music, politics, and cultural identity, and specializes in critical qualitative methodologies.
Content
Foreword
By Piper Carter
Foreword
By Mahogany Jones
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Intersections of Detroit, Women, and Hip Hop
1 Detroit Hip Hop and the Rise of the Foundation
2 Hip Hop Sounds and Sensibilities in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
3 Negotiating Genderqueer Identity Formation
4 Vulnerable Mavericks Wreck Rap's Conventions
5 "Legendary," Environmental Justice, and Collaborative Cultural Production
6 Hip Hop Activism in Action
Conclusion: Women, Hip Hop, and Cultural Organizing
Notes
Bibliography
Index
By Piper Carter
Foreword
By Mahogany Jones
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Intersections of Detroit, Women, and Hip Hop
1 Detroit Hip Hop and the Rise of the Foundation
2 Hip Hop Sounds and Sensibilities in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
3 Negotiating Genderqueer Identity Formation
4 Vulnerable Mavericks Wreck Rap's Conventions
5 "Legendary," Environmental Justice, and Collaborative Cultural Production
6 Hip Hop Activism in Action
Conclusion: Women, Hip Hop, and Cultural Organizing
Notes
Bibliography
Index
