Black Masculinity and Hip-Hop Music - Black Gay Men Who Rap (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book offers an interdisciplinary study of hip-hop music written and performed by rappers who happen to be out black gay men. It examines the storytelling mechanisms of gay themed lyrics, and how these form protests and become enabling tools for (black) gay men to discuss issues such as living on the down-low and HIV/AIDS. It considers how the biased promotion of feminised gay male artists/characters in mainstream entertainment industry has rendered masculinity an exclusively male heterosexual property, providing a representational framework for men to identify with a form of "homosexual masculinity" - one that is constructed without having to either victimise anything feminine or necessarily convert to femininity. The book makes a strong case that it is possible for individuals (like gay rappers) to perform masculinity against masculinity, and open up a new way of striving for gender equality.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Xinling Li
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	179
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-981-13-3512-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Gay studies (Gay men) Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Rap & hip-hop Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Rap & hip-hop
LSN:	981-13-3512-5
Barcode:	9789811335129

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