Beyond Money, Cars, and Women

Beyond Money, Cars, and Women
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781443810517
ISBN-13 : 1443810517
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Book Synopsis Beyond Money, Cars, and Women by : Jasmin S. Greene

Download or read book Beyond Money, Cars, and Women written by Jasmin S. Greene and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masculinity 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 outsider’s perspective. An in-depth study of the relationship between hip hop and black masculinity, with commentary from the very men who are affected by it, is missing from the academia. It is with this thought that I have written my book. I wish to give a voice to those who have not yet been heard from, to examine and bring to light the damaging as well as positive affects that hip hop has on black men by talking to every day black men themselves, and to show that the hip hop phenomenon can be used as a great political tool for mobilizing this generation. This book examines stereotypical definitions of black manhood and looks at how specific images and lyrics in hip hop promote these stereotypes. I discuss how young black men, often growing up without fathers, look to the males in hip hop as role models. I argue that negative aspects of hip hop are really affecting young black men and that artists need to be more conscious of their impact and role in the black community. I also discuss many positive hip hop artists and music and that conscious hip hop is kept underground intentionally by corporations. I have integrated a case study throughout the book, where I interviewed young black men on ideas of masculinity, education and hip hop. I end by discussing the positive in hip hop, and by giving examples of how it can be taken so much farther, especially to connect the young urban community with politics and social awareness.


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