ETHN 3212 Chapter Notes - Chapter Introduction: Home Girls
30 Oct 2017
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An introduction of sorts to hip hop feminism: gwendyln pough. These people probably have no idea the profound impact women have and continue to have on hip hop. Home girls make some noise is part of a movement to give women their long overdue (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374) i(cid:374) hip hop a(cid:374)d to (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue hip hop (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e s (cid:396)a(cid:272)e, (cid:272)lass, ge(cid:374)de(cid:396), and sexuality. Whe(cid:374) joa(cid:374) mo(cid:396)ga(cid:374) (cid:272)oi(cid:374)ed the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)hip hop fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ist(cid:863) i(cid:374) he(cid:396) ground-breaking work, she kicked off the entire hip hop feminist movement. Hip hop is for some reason viewed as a male space. The authors in this book are split on the sexism in hip hop. Others blame societal problems for the sexism in hip hop. Others offer a third wave form of feminism, one that allows you to love hip hop, be critical of sexism, and be a child of the hip-hop generation.
