Chicano Rap

Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial Barrio

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19936732
AutoresPancho Mcfarland (autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Fecha de publicación2008-12-31
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaChicano Rap (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of Texas Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7560/718029
OpenAlexW587386265
Open LibraryOL10293680M
ISBN9780292794221
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas37

From the Publisher: Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. Although the first rappers were African Americans, rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who have added their own cultural elements to the music. Chicano Rap offers the first in-depth look at how Chicano/a youth have adopted and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on gender and violence, as well as on how Chicano/a youth fit into a globalizing world. Pancho McFarland examines over five hundred songs and seventy rap artists from all the major Chicano rap regions-San Diego, San Francisco and Northern California, Texas, and Chicago and the Midwest. He discusses the cultural, political, historical, and economic contexts in which Chicano rap has emerged and how these have shaped the violence and misogyny often expressed in Chicano rap and hip hop. In particular, he argues that the misogyny and violence of Chicano rap are direct outcomes of the "patriarchal dominance paradigm" that governs human relations in the United States. McFarland also explains how globalization, economic restructuring, and the conservative shift in national politics have affected Chicano/a youth and Chicano rap. He concludes with a look at how Xicana feminists, some Chicano rappers, and other cultural workers are striving to reach Chicano/a youth with a democratic, peaceful, empowering, and liberating message

Agency (philosophy) · Dominance (genetics) · Framing (construction) · Globalization · Political science · Post-industrial society · Social science · Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · History and criticism · Mexican Americans · Music · Rap (Music) · Sex in music · Violence in music