Women Rapping Revolution: Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit Volume 1

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.

Author: Rebekah Farrugia, Kellie D. Hay
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520305328
ISBN10: 0520305329
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Rap & Hip Hop
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Social Science | Gender Studies

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.