Women Rapping Revolution: Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit

Author:   Rebekah Farrugia ,  Kellie D. Hay ,  Piper Carter ,  Mahogany Jones
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   1
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9780520305311


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 May 2020
Format:   Hardback
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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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Author:   Rebekah Farrugia ,  Kellie D. Hay ,  Piper Carter ,  Mahogany Jones
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520305311


ISBN 10:   0520305310
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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Women Rapping Revolution covers a lot of ground in a relatively condensed space, but it doesn't lack for information or thoughtful analysis. On top of all this, they also manage to make it a very accessible book. Farrugia and Hay do an excellent job of not only getting you to understand all of the different factors in play within the hip hop scene in Detroit, but they'll get the wheels spinning in your head as you consider all of the factors in play in your own city. * Scratched Vinyl *


Author Information

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.

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