Soul Thieves The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture

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Synopsis

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony.

Book details

Edition:
2014
Series:
Contemporary Black History
Author:
T. Brown, B. Kopano
ISBN:
9781137071392
Related ISBNs:
9780230108912
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-03-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
Tamara Lizette Brown and Baruti N. Kopano 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology