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Author Cheney, Charise L.

Title Brothers Gonna Work It Out : Sexual Politics in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism
Published New York : NYU Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; 1. From the Revolutionary War to the " Revolutionary Generation"; 2." We Men Ain't We?"; 3. Brothers Gonna Work It Out; 4. Ladies First?; 5. Representin' God; 6. Be True to the Game; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary 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 s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Black nationalism -- United States -- History
Sex role -- United States
Masculinity -- United States
African American men -- Attitudes
Rap (Music) -- Political aspects -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
African American men -- Attitudes
Black nationalism
Masculinity
Rap (Music) -- Political aspects
Sex role
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814790441
0814790445