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The article "hip-hop feminism" does an average job defining hip-hop feminism. The Wikipedia page aims to explain what makes hip-hop feminism a different strand of feminism and is broken down into different categories. The information on the page is relevant to the topic overall, however it needs more information and sub-categories. The information on the Wikipedia page is neutral, there does not seem to be any bias. While scrolling through the page, I think that the viewpoints could be expanded on more. I clicked on a few links to sources on the page, and unfortunately, the links did not work. This is something that can be improved. The talk page has helpful discourse about what other editors can improve, including suggestions for expansion. This articles is rated C-Class, and is part of WikiProject Hip hop. In class, we have discussed how hip hop has evolved and the various forms hip hop can take. The Wikipedia page provides more general information, whereas in class, specific examples and situations are used and unpacked.

Draft: Hip-hop Feminism Scholars

Reiland Rabaka

"Reiland Rabaka is professor of African, African American, and Caribbean studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the author of The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation and Hip Hop's Amnesia: From Blues and the Black Women's Club Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement."


 * examines black masculinity in hip hop culture and how white rappers attempt to emulate this black masculinity.
 * looks at the inception of hip hop and reviews and critiques its history

Works:

Rabaka, Reiland. ''Hip Hop's Inheritance. [Electronic Resource] : From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement''. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2011., 2011. EBSCOhost, libdatabase.newpaltz.edu/login?url= http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,uid,cookie&db=cat02818a&AN=NEW.ebr10465446.

The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation

Hip Hop's Amnesia: From Blues and the Black Women's Club Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement

Aisha Durham

"Aisha Durham is a cultural studies scholar. Her research about Black popular culture explores the relationship between media representations and everyday life. She examines how controlling images or power-laden stereotypes are produced by media makers and interpreted by media audiences to make sense of blackness in the “post” era. Durham uses auto/ethnography, performance writing, and intersectional approaches honed in Black feminist cultural criticism to analyze representations of Black womanhood in hip hop media. This scholarship contributes to an interdisciplinary field called hip hop feminism. Recent work on Black womanhood is featured in her new book, Home with Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture. This book extends earlier discussions about hip hop culture, media representations, and the body in her co-edited volumes, Home Girls Make Some!: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology and Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method & Policy."


 * examines hip hop feminism in the context of media and culture
 * uses "media literacy" to study hip hop feminism - examines media like rap music videos, looking at sexism and hip hop aesthetics

Final Wikipedia Edit

Reiland Rabaka examines the history of the hip-hop genre, looking at the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movements and the Feminist Art movement. He critiques cultural traditions in hip hop culture, highlighting black masculinity and how this masculinity is performed in hip hop. Rabaka assess how this black masculinity is reproduced and consumed by the public, looking at white people in particular. Rabaka claims that critical scholarly inquiry can be applied to the hip hop movement. When understanding political and social activism, Rabaka says that the contributions of hip-hop must be considered.

Aisha Durham refers to the work of communication scholars when discussing the role of the black woman's body in hip-hop culture. With an epistemological approach, Durham cites her own experiences in hip-hop, touching on how the black female body is sexualized and policed within the hip-hop industry. Her work examines how black women in hip hop are depicted and challenges media representations and objectification. She emphasizes that through hip-hop, artists communicate with other artists, the public and the media.