Hip Hop Wars What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop--And Why It Matters

Name: Hip Hop Wars What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop--And Why It Matters
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ISBN: 9780465008971

ISBN-10: 0465008976

ISBN-13: 9780465008971

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tricia Rose

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Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, hip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States. In The Hip-Hop Wars, Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.17" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop


Hip Hop's Critics



Hip Hop Causes Violence



Hip Hop Reflects Black Dysfunctional Ghetto Culture



Hip Hop Hurts Black People



Hip Hop Is Destroying America's Values



Hip Hop Demeans Women


Hip Hop's Defenders



Just Keeping It Real



Hip Hop Is Not Responsible for Sexism



"There are Bitches and Hoes"



We're Not Role Models



Nobody Talks About the Positive in Hip Hop



Progressive Futures



Mutual Denials in the Hip Hop Wars



Progressive Voices, Energies, and Visions



Six Guiding Principles for Progressive Creativity, Consumption, and Community in Hip Hop and Beyond



Radio Station Consolidation


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index