About this title: A pioneering expert in the study of hip hop explains why the music matters - and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.Hip hop is in crisis. During the years when hip hop's commercial fortunes rose sharply, the most commercially successfully hip hop has increasingly become a playground populated by caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. During this period, hyper-sexism has increased dramatically, and homophobia and distorted anti-social, self-destructive forms of black masculinity have become rap's calling card.Hip hop matters, argues scholar Tricia Rose. It ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2008-12-01
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan African Studies California State University
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BASIC BOOKS
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
Description: New. Hip hop is in crisis. The author argues that Hip hop matters, because hip hop occupies a unique historical role: this it is the only point in modern culture when a solid segment (if not majority) of an entire generation of youth understands itself as... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2008-12-01
ISBN-13:9780465008971ISBN:0465008976
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"I recommend this book to any hip hop fan who have ever felt that unease and horror that spreads as your head bops to a hot beat of a song that's also spewing oodles of homophobia and misogyny. Tricia Rose looks into such tensions and presents the top arguments of hip hop critics and hip hop defenders. Her analysis is insightful and inspiring and allows us to move the conversation on hip hop beyond a polarizing conversation."
"this should be interesting - she explores both sides of the war: those who defend the ills of Hip-Hop and those who are sick of it....
WHY I'M READING THIS BOOK - I'm a big advocate for media and music literacy: learning the language of what we see and what we hear. If society doesn't learn how to filter what we take in - we should expect nothing better than garbage in, garbage out...point, blank. So I'm curious how this book speaks on media/music literacy.
Plus just want to see how the author explores the pros/cons and potential of this cultural organism. They say "Hip Hop is Dead"...I'm interested to see who's killing it.
"An incredibly well-structured look at both the main criticisms and defenses of hip hop by delving into the similarities and complications inherent in both. Blew my mind quite a few times, but also gave me the language to articulate my own internal conflicts about hip hop. Plus she gives a surprising amount of jumping-off-points for solutions and large amount of resources to look into."
"AMAZING book! Tricia Rose deftly deconstructs why so much commercial hip hop--and both criticisms *and* defenses of it--are problematic due to racist and sexist assumptions and stereotypes. An enjoyable and well-written contribution to a debate that's still going strong, particularly in the age of entertainment corporations' monopoly."
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