Book
The hip hop wars : what we talk about when we talk about hip hop--and why it matters
Publication Information
New York : BasicCivitas, c2008.
Physical Description
xii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
- Hip hop's critics
- Hip hop causes violence
- Hip hop reflects black dysfunctional ghetto culture
- Hip hop hurts black people
- Hip hop is destroying America's values
- Hip hop demeans women
- Hip hop's defenders
- Just keeping it real
- Hip hop is not responsible for sexism
- "There are bitches and hoes"
- We're not role models
- Nobody talks about the positive in hip hop
- Mutual denials in the hip hop wars
- Progressive voices, energies, and visions
- Six guiding principles for progressive creativity, consumption, and community in hip hop and beyond.