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Rap music / Noël Merino, book editor. Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008. Subjects Rap (Music) -- Social aspects. Electronic Resource http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008002105.html ISBN:  9780737739787 (hardcover) 0737739789 (hardcover) Series:  Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints. Description:  104 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Contents:  Forward -- Introduction -- ch. 1: How does rap music impact culture? -- Rap music reflects a deeper problem with black culture / Thomas Chatterton Williams -- Rap music can be a positive force of black culture / Alexandra Marks -- Rap music lacks political impact and is largely corporate advertisements / Leonard Pitts Jr. -- Rap music is a powerful political tool / Ryan Smith and Swati Pandey -- Rap music must be changed through dialogue and cultural change / Clarence Page -- Rap music must be changed by the corporate manufacturers / Glen Ford -- ch. 2: Is rap music harmful to women? -- Rap music is damaging to black women / Johnnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Negative images of black women do not stem from rap / Nida Khan -- Black women should work to stop the damaging images of rap music / Beverly Daniel Tatum -- Black women should create their own images in rap music / Yvonne Bynoe -- ch. 3: Does rap music promote violence? -- Some rap music causes people to be violent / R.H. Aly -- Rap music does not cause people to be violent / Yaambo Barrett -- Rap music glorifies and creates a culture of violence / Bob Herbert -- Rap music is a reaction to violence in society / Andrew Gumbel -- Facts about rap music -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading --- Index -- Picture credits. Requests:  0 Summary:  Presents an overview of rap music, and discusses various arguments representing mulitple viewpoints in regards to some of the controversies surrounding the music, which includes violence, sexism, and prejudice reflected in rap lyrics.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 306.48424 Rap Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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