The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It MattersHip-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 culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement? A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, The Hip-Hop Wars concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
TOP TEN DEBATES IN HIP HOP Hip Hops Critics | 25 |
Hip Hop Causes Violence | 33 |
Hip Hop Reflects Black Dysfunctional Ghetto Culture | 61 |
Hip Hop Hurts Black People | 75 |
Hip Hop Is Destroying Americas Values | 95 |
Hip Hop Demeans Women | 113 |
Just Keeping It Real | 133 |
There are Bitches and Hoes | 167 |
Were Not Role Models | 187 |
Nobody Talks About the Positive in Hip Hop | 201 |
Mutual Denials in the Hip Hop Wars | 217 |
Progressive Voices Energies and Visions | 241 |
Six Guiding Principles for Progressive Creativity | 261 |
Radio Station Consolidation | 274 |
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| Title | The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters African American music reference Music Online Reference Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books |
| Author | Tricia Rose |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0465008976, 9780465008971 |
| Length | 308 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Sociology / General |
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