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That's The Joint!
Posted on October 12, 2011 - 12:39pm — Allyson McGintyThis newly expanded and revised second edition of That's the Joint! brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume.
That's The Joint!
Posted on October 12, 2011 - 12:39pm — Allyson McGintyThis newly expanded and revised second edition of That's the Joint! brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume.
Hip Hop's Inheritance
Posted on June 23, 2011 - 11:13am — abipolinskyHip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, inherited from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, t

Learning from Experience
Posted on July 8, 2010 - 1:29pm — akadagathurIn Learning from Experience, Paula Moya offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insigh about our society, Moya presents a nuanced, universalist justification for identity-based work in ethnic studies.

Homegirls
Posted on June 30, 2010 - 12:22pm — akadagathurIn this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena/Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges to signal their gang affiliations and ideologies.

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop Feminist
Posted on April 30, 2010 - 1:47pm — archive_staffIn this fresh, funky, and ferociously honest book, award-winning journalist Joan Morgan bravely probes the complex issues facing African-American women in today's world: a world where feminists often have not-so-clandestine affairs with the most sexist of men; where women who treasure their independence often prefer men who pick up the tab; and where the deluge of babymothers and babyfathers remin

Hip-Hop
Posted on April 29, 2010 - 3:06pm — J.ColemanAn official selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of representations of manhood in hip-hop culture.
Hip Hop Divas
Posted on March 15, 2010 - 3:43pm — notoriousIt's time to stand up, take notice, and give props to the women who have made their mark on hip hop culture. Although superstars like Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, and TLC are some of the most popular entertainers in the world today-each having sold some 20 million albums apiece-the dramatic rise of women to the top of the hip hop industry has never been chronicled before.

Chicano Rap: Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial Barrio
Posted on March 15, 2010 - 3:31pm — notoriousPowered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. Although the first rappers were African Americans, rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who have added their own cultural elements to the music.

Beyond Money, Cars, and Women: Examining Black Masculinity in Hip Hop Culture
Posted on March 15, 2010 - 3:23pm — notoriousMasculinity and hip hop are two topics that have been gaining wide attention in recent years. However, research has often been limited to solely criticizing the hip hop movement and examining the culture from a very parochial outsiders perspective.
