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Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, HipHop Culture, and the Public Sphere,New
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Hiphop culture began in the early 1970s as the creative and activist expressions graffiti writing, deejaying, break dancing, and rap music of black and Latino youth in the depressed South Bronx, and the movement has since grown into a worldwide cultural phenomenon that permeates almost every aspect of society, from speech to dress. But although hiphop has been assimilated and exploited in the mainstream, young black women who came of age during the hiphop era are still fighting for equality.In this provocative study, Gwendolyn D. Pough explores the complex relationship between black women, hiphop, and feminism. Examining a wide range of genres, including rap music, novels, spoken word poetry, hiphop cinema, and hiphop soul music, she traces the rhetoric of black women 'bringing wreck.' Pough demonstrates how influential women rappers such as Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, and Lil' Kim are building on the legacy of earlier generations of women from Sojourner Truth to sisters of the black power and civil rights movements to disrupt and break into the dominant patriarchal public sphere. She discusses the ways in which today's young black women struggle against the stereotypical language of the past ('castrating black mother,' 'mammy,' 'sapphire') and the present ('bitch,' 'ho,' 'chickenhead'), and shows how rap provides an avenue to tell their own life stories, to construct their identities, and to dismantle historical and contemporary negative representations of black womanhood. Pough also looks at the ongoing public dialogue between male and female rappers about love and relationships, explaining how the denigrating rhetoric used by men has been appropriated by black women rappers as a means to empowerment in their own lyrics. The author concludes with a discussion of the pedagogical implications of rap music as well as of third wave and black feminism.This fresh and thoughtprovoking perspective on the complexities of hiphop urges young black women to harness the energy, vitality, and activist roots of hiphop culture and rap music to claim a public voice for themselves and to 'bring wreck' on sexism and misogyny in mainstream society.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'Check It While I Wreck It'? A: The main theme of the book explores the complex relationship between black women, hip-hop culture, and feminism, highlighting the struggles for equality and identity within the hip-hop movement.
- Q: Who is the author of the book? A: The author of 'Check It While I Wreck It' is Gwendolyn D. Pough.
- Q: What types of media does the book analyze? A: The book analyzes various media forms, including rap music, novels, spoken word poetry, hip-hop cinema, and hip-hop soul music.
- Q: What is the publication date of this book? A: The book was published on May 26, 2004.
- Q: How many pages are in 'Check It While I Wreck It'? A: The book contains 256 pages.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: This is the First Edition of 'Check It While I Wreck It'.
- Q: What are the key issues discussed in the book regarding black women in hip-hop? A: The book discusses issues such as the stereotypical language used to describe black women, the empowerment found in rap lyrics, and the ongoing dialogue between male and female rappers about love and relationships.
- Q: Is this book suitable for academic studies? A: Yes, the book provides a thought-provoking perspective on hip-hop culture and includes pedagogical implications, making it suitable for academic studies in gender studies, cultural studies, and musicology.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is listed as 'Used Book in Good Condition'.
- Q: Does the book provide insights into historical representations of black women? A: Yes, the book traces the historical representations of black women and discusses how contemporary artists address and challenge these narratives.