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I Got Something to Say: Gender, Race, and Social Consciousness in Rap Music
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I Got Something to Say: Gender, Race, and Social Consciousness in Rap Music Hardcover - 2018

by Matthew Oware


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What do millennial rappers in the United States say in their music? This timely and compelling book answers this question by decoding the lyrics of over 700 songs from contemporary rap artists. Using innovative research techniques, Matthew Oware reveals how emcees perpetuate and challenge gendered and racialized constructions of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality. Male and female artists litter their rhymes with misogynistic and violent imagery. However, men also express a full range of emotions, from arrogance to vulnerability, conveying a more complex manhood than previously acknowledged. Women emphatically state their desires while embracing a more feminist approach. Even LGBTQ artists stake their claim and express their sexuality without fear. Finally, in the age of Black Lives Matter and the presidency of Donald J. Trump, emcees forcefully politicize their music. Although complicated and contradictory in many ways, rap remains a powerful medium for social commentary.

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  • Title I Got Something to Say: Gender, Race, and Social Consciousness in Rap Music
  • Author Matthew Oware
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
  • Date 2018-07-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9783319904535 / 3319904531
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.63 in (21.01 x 14.81 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Dewey Decimal Code 201.7

About the author

Matthew Oware is the Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology and Director of the Africana Studies Program at DePauw University, USA. He is an award-winning teacher and scholar whose articles have appeared in Journal of African American Studies, Journal of Black Studies, Poetics, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. He teaches courses in Sociology and Africana Studies.
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