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The hip hop wars : what we talk about when we talk about hip hop--and why it matters / Tricia Rose.

by Rose, Tricia.

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New York : BasicCivitas, c2008.

Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States.

Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States.

Social change -- United States.

Subculture -- United States.

African Americans -- Social conditions.

United States -- Social conditions.

9780465008971 (pbk.) :

0465008976 (pbk.)

xii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Hip hop's critics -- Hip hop causes violence -- Hip hop reflects black dysfunctional ghetto culture -- Hip hop hurts black people -- Hip hop is destroying America's values -- Hip hop is demeans women -- Hip hop's defenders -- Just keeping it real -- Hip hop is not responsible for sexism -- "There are bitches and hoes" -- We're not role models -- Nobody talk about the positive in hip hop -- Mutual denials in the hip hop wars -- Progressive voices, energies, and visions -- Six guiding principles for progressive creativity, consumption, and community in hip hop and beyond.

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