Hip-Hop Feminism: A Look at Women, Words and Wisdom in Hip-Hop
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
5-4-2010 10:00 AM
End Date
5-4-2010 12:00 PM
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Helen Crump
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
This study analyzed the culture of women and feminism in hip-hop with emphasis placed on independent and Minnesota-based artists. This work engages an examination of individual personalities of women, such as Dessa (spoken word and rap artist) and Dr. Rachel Raimist (filmmaker and scholar), through a variety of resources including videos, interviews, articles, and music. Using Home Girls Make Some Noise as a grounding text for establishing the link between hip-hop, women, and feminism, I engaged content analysis to examine specific artists’ works and personas as reflecting a feminist ideology, which I perceive as challenging or speaking back to mainstream, stereotypical representations of women in hip-hop. Consequently, these women’s works suggest the need for feminists to continue to expand our ideas about where and how feminism takes place.
Hip-Hop Feminism: A Look at Women, Words and Wisdom in Hip-Hop
CSU 204
This study analyzed the culture of women and feminism in hip-hop with emphasis placed on independent and Minnesota-based artists. This work engages an examination of individual personalities of women, such as Dessa (spoken word and rap artist) and Dr. Rachel Raimist (filmmaker and scholar), through a variety of resources including videos, interviews, articles, and music. Using Home Girls Make Some Noise as a grounding text for establishing the link between hip-hop, women, and feminism, I engaged content analysis to examine specific artists’ works and personas as reflecting a feminist ideology, which I perceive as challenging or speaking back to mainstream, stereotypical representations of women in hip-hop. Consequently, these women’s works suggest the need for feminists to continue to expand our ideas about where and how feminism takes place.
Recommended Citation
Proehl, Angela. "Hip-Hop Feminism: A Look at Women, Words and Wisdom in Hip-Hop." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 5, 2010.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2010/oral-session-04/6
