Black Women and Black Men in Hip Hop Music: Misogyny, Violence and the Negotiation of (White‐Owned) Space

Rebollo-Gil, Guillermo; Moras, Amanda

doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00898.x

Cited by 31 publications

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“…Other cultural analyses examine the propagation of misogynistic and patriarchal values in different genres of music lyrics and videos (Baker-Kimmons & McFarland, 2011;Bretthauer, Zimmerman, & Banning, 2007;Haynes, 2009;Herd, 2015;Rebollo-Gil & Moras, 2012;Strasburger, 1995;van Oosten, Peter, & Valkenburg, 2015). From rap, to hip-hop, to country music much of this research concentrates on the sexual objectification of women and the depiction of stereo-types as it relates to sex and gender (Arnett, 2002;Jhally, 2007).…”

Section: Patriarchal Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The consumption of patriarchy: commodification to facilitation and reification

Collins

Rothe

2017

Contemporary Justice Review

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There is an abundance of research from cultural, critical and feminist criminology that has recognized media as a vehicle to propagate various forms of gender inequality and violence against women. Likewise, there has been extensive research on how childhood products and toys replicate the patriarchal construction of gender. However, these bodies of research have been relatively silent on how the commodification of culture is consumed and reified by the very population it oppresses (i.e. women). Here, we argue that violence against women is commodified and eagerly consumed in an age of neo-liberalism, legitimizing the patriarchal power structures that subordinate women. Our goal is to begin a discussion of female consumption of the commodification that gives consent and facilitates the patriarchal perpetual power system. Using examples from media and the consumer market, we hope to begin a broader discussion of how patriarchy, gender roles and inequality are reinforced through everyday banal consumption by both sexes. However, this banal consumption by females not only lends to the legitimization of the heteronormative patriarchal status quo but also makes them active participants in the continuation of inequality and power structures inherent within this patriarchal society.

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Section: Patriarchal Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The consumption of patriarchy: commodification to facilitation and reification

Collins

Rothe

2017

Contemporary Justice Review

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“…Critiques concerning the negative messaging and tensions within hip-hop have existed almost since the beginning of the genre (Collins, 2006). Rebollo-Gil and Moras (2012) observe that negative messaging, such as sexual objectification of women or veneration of criminality, is routinely ignored in favor of more positive features such as political commentary and cultural resistance. Applying Bourdieu’s model results in more critical attention.…”

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Irony, Conflict, and Tragedy in Cultural Analysis: Hip-Hop between Bourdieu and Nietzsche

Berard

Meeker

2018

Critical Sociology

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Culture has increasingly been analyzed ironically in relation to social conflict, emphasizing themes of ideology, co-optation, and complicity in reproducing inequalities. Arguably the most sophisticated ironic cultural critique is provided by Bourdieu. Bourdieu’s critique is often criticized for reductionism, but without pursuing what is neglected by ironic reductionism. Nietzsche provides a remarkable counterpoint, offering both seminal resources for modern social criticism, and profound reflections on culture’s potential to affirm life with integrity and authenticity. Nietzsche’s analysis of classical Greek tragedy suggests how culture can collectively affirm life through art without illusions. The relative emphases and insights of these two critics are contrasted here in relation to the cultural phenomenon of hip-hop, addressing latent ideological baggage but also its social activism and tragic-realist aesthetic. Grounded in this discussion of hip-hop as predictably compromised, but also incisively defiant and painfully honest, a challenge is posed for cultural analysis to be critical without being dismissive of existential and aesthetic questions, or blind to the potentials of popular culture. Culture is neither as derivative as much social criticism would suggest, nor as autonomous as many artists and art critics would suggest. Cultural studies therefore must find a middle way, navigating between cynicism and naiveté.

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“…In the 1980s, rap became a mode for young black people and young Latinos in urban parts of the USA to give artistic and political expression to their needs and concerns, and as such served as a significant sociopolitical innovation (Rebollo-Gil & Moras, 2012). Rap is a complex art form that challenges many due to the tendency toward vulgar language, glorification of crime and objectification of women within its lyrical contents (Rebollo-Gil & Moras, 2012). In our study, we used a modified form of rap music in a school-based music therapy program, combining Rhythm and Poetry (Rap) with singing in a group setting (Rap & Sing Music Therapy (Rap&SingMT)).…”

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Rap & Sing Music Therapy and sleep in adolescents: A single-blind cluster randomized controlled trial

Uhlig

Groot

Jansen

et al. 2018

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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Introduction: It is known that music may enhance emotional well-being which may have a positive effect on sleep. The goal of the present study was to examine whether a specific type of music, rapping and singing (Rap & Sing Music Therapy (Rap&SingMT)) could serve as a motivating engagement strategy to improve sleep in adolescents. Methods: Fifty-two adolescents received Rap&SingMT, 45 min, once a week, during four months in a group school setting. Twenty-three adolescents in the control group received a program of various mental activitiesbut no music. Actigraphy assessed six sleep variables: sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep episodes, snooze time, onset latency and wake percentage. Sleep assessments took place at baseline and after four months (post-testing). Results: A repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance failed to demonstrate a significant effect of Rap&SingMT on "overall" sleep. However, a decline in total sleep time over a period of four months was less in the Rap&SingMT group than in the control group. Discussion: Despite the fact that the participants did not suffer from sleep disturbances, a seasonal change over the experimental period of four months appeared to have less impact on total sleep time in the Rap&SingMT group. These findings will be addressed in more detail.

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Black Women and Black Men in Hip Hop Music: Misogyny, Violence and the Negotiation of (White‐Owned) Space

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

The consumption of patriarchy: commodification to facilitation and reification

The consumption of patriarchy: commodification to facilitation and reification

Irony, Conflict, and Tragedy in Cultural Analysis: Hip-Hop between Bourdieu and Nietzsche

Rap & Sing Music Therapy and sleep in adolescents: A single-blind cluster randomized controlled trial

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