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Brothers Gonna Work it Out

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Description for Brothers Gonna Work it Out Paperback. 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, Cheney links late 20th-century hip-hop nationalists with their 19th-century spiritual forebears. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.

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. 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814716137
SKU
V9780814716137
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Ref
99-50

About Charise Cheney
Charise cheney is assistant professor of ethnic studies at California State University.

Reviews for Brothers Gonna Work it Out
“.[A] must read for anyone interested in the problems of gender and politics in rap music. Charise Cheney combines an historian’s insight with an expansive knowledge of hip-hop culture to produce this remarkable study of the rise of artists influenced by black nationalismthe self-proclaimed raptivists. Cheney dives head-on into the contentious debates regarding the articulations of masculinity and black nationalism ... Read more

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