Women Rapping Revolution : Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit

Farrugia, Rebekah; Hay, Kellie D.; Carter, Piper (FRW); Jones, Mahogany (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0520305329 / ISBN 13: 9780520305328

Published by University of California Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women Rapping Revolution : Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520305329
• ISBN 13: 9780520305328
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.