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.
Soul ThievesREADERSHIP: Professional & Vocational
ISBN-10: 0230108970
ISBN-13: 9780230108974
Author:
Brown, Tamara Lizette /
Kopano, Baruti N. /
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: December 2014
Format: Paperback / softback
Language: English
Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 15 mm
Weight: 482 g
Pages: 284 pages, XXVII, 284 p. pages
Title: Soul Thieves