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9780230611801

Hip-Hop Revolution in the Flesh Power, Knowledge, and Pleasure in Lil' Kim's Lyricism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230611801

  • ISBN10:

    023061180X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-02-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

This is a critical, cultural study of radical sexual politics in a contemporary Hip-Hop lyricism -- what the author refers to as Hip-Hop's "QUEEN B@#$H' lyricism."

Author Biography

Greg Thomas is an assistant professor of English at Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tablesp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Orals...Head...Genius: The Power, Knowledge, and Pleasure of Hard Corep. 11
Sexual Poetic Justice: On African Matriarchy, Flexible Gender Systems, and The Notorious K.I.M.p. 33
Mic "God/dess"...Eshu-Elegba: Signifying Divine Freedom-In the Fleshp. 57
(Black) Consciousness (Reprise): Neo-Soul's "Baduizm," African Cinema of Liberation, and Hip-Hop's "Queen B@#$H"p. 85
"First Female King": The Art of Morph and Monarchy in La Bella Mafia's Beehivep. 111
It's the Lyrical Sex Pistol: Or, A Rebel Music that Rewrites Anatomy-Rhyme after Fiery Rhymep. 133
The "Sound Clash" of The Naked Truth: Erotic Maroonage, Public Enemies, and "Rap Cointelpro"p. 159
Conclusionp. 191
Notesp. 197
Works Citedp. 215
Indexp. 227
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