by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | Hip-hop |
Over the weekend I had a chance to read Hip Hop Matters by S. Craig Watkins. Probably the best book of its kind in the field. It was a little formulaic in places–in order to flesh out the narrative Watkins presents brief bios of important figures in rap, and after a...
by admin | Apr 27, 2006 | Education, Hip-hop |
Political scientists like myself have surveys on the determinants of black political ideology, on political participation, on sexual attitudes. But examining the cultural politics literature, it appears as if no one has sought to apply the various things we’ve learned...
by admin | Apr 14, 2006 | Gender and Politics, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm
Within the subculture literature a number of scholars have talked about the virtual absence of women. Looking at the works that attempted to analyse the punk movement in Great Britain for example, it is almost as if girls weren’t present. No girls at the clubs, no...
by admin | Apr 14, 2006 | Hip-hop, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm
In the article “Keepin’ It Real–Black Youth, Hip-Hop Culture, and Black Identity” author Andreana Clay expands on the concept of “cultural capital” elucidated by Bourdieu by analyzing how black youth use hip-hop to authenticate their identities. Clay has this to say...
by admin | Apr 2, 2006 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Hip-hop, Pop Culture
I read a couple of pieces dealing specifically with gangsta rap. The first, Nothin’ but a “G” thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap by Eithne Quinn and the second is an article from Social Text using gangsta rap as a way to interrogate Cornel West’s...
by admin | Mar 24, 2006 | Hip-hop, things that make you go hmm |
What are the central issues, problems, I need to grapple with here? 1. How does hip-hop influence the political attitudes of youth? We know that hip-hop is an information source. Chuck D. even called it “black America’s CNN” although it’d now probably be more...
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