Women Rapping Revolution Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit - California Series in Hip Hop Studies

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.

ISBN:	9780520305311
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	12 May 2020
DEWEY:	305.4889607377434
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xxxiii, 212
Weight:	499g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	20mm

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