Rap and hip-hop /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Current controversies.
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Table of Contents:
- Overview: hip-hop has had a global impact / Marcyliena Morgan and Dionne Bennett
- Hip-hop defines today's youth culture worldwide / Dalton Higgins
- Hip-hop is a powerful force for global sociopolitical change / Sujatha Fernandez
- American rap has lost its political voice to apathy / Mark Gunn
- Rap lyrics are a literary art form / Alexs Pate
- Overview: the hip-hop generation / J.D. Gravenor
- Rap music is harmful to African American communities / E. Faye Williams
- Girls are especially vulnerable to hip-hop's hypersexual message / Beatrice Koehler-Derrick
- Rap has the potential to expose social injustice / Jeff Chang
- American rap can promote political empowerment / Lester Spence
- Hip-hop gives youths a needed outlet for self-expression / Carolee Walker
- Overview: rap lyrics face scrutiny / Brian Garrity
- Rap music objectifies, degrades, and exploits Black women / Tracy Sharpley-Whiting
- Take the debate over degrading rap videos off mute / Michele Goodwin
- Hip-hop feminism can change the hip-hop community and society / Akoto Ofori-Atta
- The hip-hop community works to address misogyny issues / Davey D
- Overview: the complex debate about violence and rap / Tricia Rose
- The rap music industry exploits violence for profit / L. Brent Bozell III
- Violent rap lyrics make listeners more accepting of violence / Karen Dill
- Violent rap lyrics do not affect listener behavior or attitudes / Jennifer Copley
- Gangsta rappers can be effective violence prevention messengers / Shoshana Walter.