Women rapping revolution : hip hop and community building in Detroit / Rebekah Farrugia and Kellie D. Hay ; forewords by Piper Carter and Mahogany Jones.
| Author/creator | Farrugia, Rebekah author. |
| Other author | Hay, Kellie D., 1965- author. |
| Other author | Carter, Piper, writer of foreword. |
| Other author | Jones, Mahogany, writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] |
| Description | xxxiii, 212 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | California series in hip hop studies ; 1 California series in hip hop studies 1. ^A1411091 |
| Contents | Introduction : intersections of Detroit, women, and hip hop -- Detroit hip hop and the rise of the Foundation -- Hip hop sounds and sensibilities in post-bankruptcy Detroit -- Negotiating genderqueer identity formation -- Vulnerable mavericks wreck rap's conventions -- "Legendary," environmental justice, and collaborative cultural production -- Hip hop activism in action -- Conclusion : women, hip hop, and cultural organizing. |
| Abstract | "Detroit is a city that 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 in Detroit's hip hop underground 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 women-centered hip hop collective The Foundation, 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Farrugia, Rebekah Women rapping revolution Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520973367 |
| LCCN | 2020004029 |
| ISBN | 9780520305311 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520305310 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780520305328 paperback |
| ISBN | 0520305329 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |