Check it while I wreck it
Subtitle: Black womanhood, hip-hop culture, and the public sphere
By: Gwendolyn D. Pough.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: African American women -- Social conditions; Hip-hop -- United States; Rap (Music) -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- United States
Description: Examining a wide range of genres, including rap music, novels, spoken word poetry, hip-hop cinema and hip-hop soul music, this text explores the complex relationships between black women, hip-hop and feminism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hip-hop is more than just music to me : the potential for a movement in the culture; title: Bringing wreck : theorizing race, rap, gender, and the public sphere; title: My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone : Black women's expressive cultures and Black feminist legacies; title: I bring wreck to those who disrespect me like a dame : women, rap, and the rhetoric of wreck; title: (Re)reconstructing womanhood : Black women's narratives in hip-hop culture; title: Girls in the hood and other ghetto dramas : representing Black womanhood in hip-hop cinema and novels; title: Hip-hop soul mate? : hip-hop soul divas and rap music, critiquing the love that hate produced; title: You can't see me/you betta recognize : using rap to bridge gaps in the classroom; title: Imagining images : Black womanhood in the 21st century.