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Hip-hop revolution in the flesh : power, knowledge, and pleasure in Lil' Kim's lyricism / Greg Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xii, 231 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 023061180X
  • 9780230611801
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.421649092 22
LOC classification:
  • ML420.L57 T46 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Orals, head, genius : the power, knowledge, and pleasure of Hard core -- Sexual poetic justice : on African matriarchy, flexible gender systems, and The notorious K.I.M. -- Mic "god/dess," Eshu-Elegba : signifying divine freedom, in the flesh -- (Black) Consciousness (reprise) : neo-souls' "Baduizm," African cinema of liberation, and hip-hop's "QUEEN B@#$H" -- "First female king" : the art of morph and monarchy in La bella mafia's beehive -- It's the lyrical sex pistol : Or, A rebel music that rewrites anatomy, rhyme after fiery rhyme -- The "sound clash" of The naked truth : erotic maroonage, public enemies, and "Rap COINTELPRO."
Summary: "An extended study of the writings of Lil' Kim, the multi-platinum selling Hip Hop artist. Examines Lil' Kim's anti-sexist, gender-defiant and ultra-erotic verse alongside issues of race and the politics of imprisonment. This is the first study to apply the tools of literary criticism to Hip Hop's lyrical writings."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.

Orals, head, genius : the power, knowledge, and pleasure of Hard core -- Sexual poetic justice : on African matriarchy, flexible gender systems, and The notorious K.I.M. -- Mic "god/dess," Eshu-Elegba : signifying divine freedom, in the flesh -- (Black) Consciousness (reprise) : neo-souls' "Baduizm," African cinema of liberation, and hip-hop's "QUEEN B@#$H" -- "First female king" : the art of morph and monarchy in La bella mafia's beehive -- It's the lyrical sex pistol : Or, A rebel music that rewrites anatomy, rhyme after fiery rhyme -- The "sound clash" of The naked truth : erotic maroonage, public enemies, and "Rap COINTELPRO."

"An extended study of the writings of Lil' Kim, the multi-platinum selling Hip Hop artist. Examines Lil' Kim's anti-sexist, gender-defiant and ultra-erotic verse alongside issues of race and the politics of imprisonment. This is the first study to apply the tools of literary criticism to Hip Hop's lyrical writings."--Publisher's website.

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