Women Rapping Revolution by Rebekah Farrugia

Women Rapping Revolution by Rebekah Farrugia

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.

"Women Rapping Revolution covers a lot of ground in a relatively condensed space, but it doesn’t lack for information or thoughtful analysisOn 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 *

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.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780520305328
ISBN 10	0520305329
Title	Women Rapping Revolution
Author	Rebekah Farrugia
Series	California Series In Hip Hop Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2020-05-12
Number of pages	248
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.