Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Sexual Politics in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081471613X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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A vital contribution.”-Jane Rhodes,author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon“A provocative analysis that no one will be able to ignore. After reading this book, both groups might at least be tempted to sample some Public Enemy music.”-The San Luis Obispo Tribune“A study of rap singers of the 1980s and 90s that sets their political expression in the context of the racial and sexual politics of black nationalism since the early 19th century.”-The Chronicle s insight with an expansive knowledge of hip-hop culture to produce this remarkable study of the rise of artists influenced by black nationalism—the self-proclaimed “raptivists.” Cheney dives head-on into the contentious debates regarding the articulations of masculinity and black nationalism in rap, and how these refle
Charise cheney is assistant professor of ethnic studies at California State University.
"Five Stars" according to C. Wheeless. She tells it like it was. Very interesting book.
Challenging simplistic notions of hip-hop culture as simply sexist or misogynistic, she pays particular attention to Black nationalists’ historicizing of slavery and their visualization of male empowerment through violent resistance. Brothers Gonna Work It Out considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and personal interviews with hip-hop artists and activists including Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Rosa Clemente, manager of dead prez, and Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Cheney links late twentieth-century hip-hop nationalists with their nineteenth-century spiritual forebears.Cheney examines Black nationalism as an ideology historically inspired by a crisis of masculinity. She charts the recent rejection of Christianity in the lyrics of rap nationalist music due to the perception that it is too conciliatory, and the increasing popularity of Black Muslim rap artists.Cheney situates rap nationalism in the 1980s and 90s within a long tradition of Black nationalist political thought which extends beyond its more obvious influences in the mid-to-late twentieth century like the Nation